Instability, fighting and foreign interference have proliferated in Libya since the ouster and killing of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
Photo taken on Sept. 12, 2019 shows that the United Nations Security Council votes on a draft resolution to renew the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) at the UN headquarters in New York
CAIRO - 2 October 2021: The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously supported the renewal of the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until January 31, 2022, the President of the Security Council, Irish Ambassador to the United Nations Geraldine Byrne Nason, said following the council's vote.
Through the adoption of the resolution, submitted by the United Kingdom, the Security Council "decides to extend until January 31, 2022, the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, as an integrated special political mission to carry out its mandate," the text of the document said.
UNSMIL will therefore continue to support the country's transitional authorities in the run-up to the 2021 general election scheduled to be held in Libya on December 24.
Elections are scheduled for December 24 — 70 years to the day since Libya declared independence in 1951. But critical work remains to be done, with less than six months to go, including preparing legal and constitutional frameworks for the vote.
Instability, fighting and foreign interference have proliferated in Libya since the ouster and killing of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
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