Despite significant political progress towards unifying Libya’s institutions and holding long-awaited elections, the country’s fragile economic and security situation demands urgent action,the senior United Nations official in Tripoli told the Security Council today, ahead of the Mission’s mandate renewal on 31October. “Since my last briefing, we have seen encouraging progress on the UNSMIL-facilitated political process,” […]

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today considered the Secretary-General’s appeal for nearly $423million in 2027 for three dozen special political missions as several delegations again pushed for the creation of a special financing mechanism to sustain them. Citing the missions’ role in preventing conflicts in global hotspots, delegates urged each other to build on […]