The Security Council is expected to vote today on renewing the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), which expires on 31 October. The draft text maintains UNSMIL’s core mandated tasks, as set out in resolution 2542 of 15 September 2020 and paragraph 16 of resolution 2570 of 16 April 2021. The UK, the penholder on Libya, circulated an initial draft text on October 17 and convened one round of negotiations on October 19. “While it seems that Council members were generally supportive of this approach, certain thematic issues required some discussion during the negotiations,” said the Security Council Report. This paragraph was apparently included in the UK’s initial draft text and did not require substantive discussion during the negotiations.

Source: Libya Today October 30, 2023 11:16 UTC