Fast NewsFourteen members of the UN Security Council voted to resume arm and munition transfers to Libya for one more year while Russia abstained. (AA)The UN Security Council has extended the mandate for an operation to enforce its arms embargo on Libya for one more year. “The Security Council decided today to renew measures designed to implement the arms embargo against Libya for another year, in particular those authorising Member States — acting nationally or through regional organisations — to inspect vessels on the high seas off Libya’s coast believed to be in violation of the arms embargo imposed on that country,” the Council said in a statement on Friday. The Council requested that the secretary general report on the implementation of the resolution within six months and 11 months. The European Union Naval Force Mediterranean Operation (IRINI) was launched in the Mediterranean Sea on March 31, 2020, following the Berlin Conference on Libya to oversee the UN's arms embargo on Libya.

Source: Libya Today June 04, 2022 01:58 UTC