UN hails Egypt’s role in inter-Libyan talks

CAIRO - 16 March 2023: The UN Security Council praised the role played by Egypt in facilitating the talks in Cairo between the Libyan House of Representatives and the High Council of State.

In a statement, of which Youm7 obtained a copy, the international organization welcomed the gradual progress that has been made regarding the constitutional framework for elections and the 13th amendment to the Constitutional Declaration.

The amendment, which includes 34 articles, defines the government’s new system and the tasks of the elected president and premier as Libya aims to hold its long-awaited presidential and parliamentary elections, which was scheduled for December 2021 as per a UN-sponsored plan.

The new amendment also defines the powers and tasks of the legislative authority.

Meanwhile, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Abdoulaye Bathily, the Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC), and an number of commanders of the military and security units in the West and East affirmed their rejection of foreign interference in Libyan affairs.

“The participating commanders of the military and security units stressed the need to abstain from using force, violence, arrest, or threats for political or material gains or for regional or factional interests,” the statement read.