"UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced today the appointment of Stephanie Williams of the United States as his Special Adviser on Libya," Dujarric said during a press briefing. "She will lead good offices and mediation efforts and engagements with Libyan regional and international stakeholders to pursue implementation of the three intra-Libyan dialogue tracks - political, security and economic - and support the holding of presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya." Williams previously served as Acting Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) in 2020-2021. She will replace UN Special Envoy Jan Kubis who resigned ahead of the elections in the country scheduled for December 24. Dujarric said Williams will be based in Tripoli and will start her job in the coming days.

Source: Libya Today December 06, 2021 18:06 UTC