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The agreement provides that the parliamentary and presidential elections are held simultaneously and that the next legislative authority is composed of two chambers, the National Assembly and the Senate.

Libya’s eastern-based parliament has voted to suspend its appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha, and assign his finance minister Osama Hamada to his duties. Parliament spokesperson Abdullah Belhaiq announced the suspension of Bashagha, who is a rival to the prime minister of the UN-recognised Government of National Unity (GNU), on Tuesday.

[…] Orlando, who succeeds Spain’s José Sabadell, is currently serving as Italy’s special envoy to Libya and previously served as his country’s ambassador to Kosovo.

Against the backdrop of a fragile human rights landscape, a “new dynamic” of cooperation among Libyan leaders provides much-needed momentum as the country prepares for elections later this year, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative told the Security Council on Tuesday.

[…] During the reporting period, the Special Representative of the Secretary -General for Libya and Head of UNSMIL, Abdoulaye Bathily, intensified his engagement with Libyan actors to identify a consensual pathway towards the holding of inclusive and credible presidential and legislative elections on the basis of a solid constitutional framework.

“Libyan authorities, armed groups, smugglers, and human traffickers should not assume that the eyes of the international community have now left Libya,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said. “It is crucial that we redouble efforts to secure accountability for past violations and continue to monitor the reality on the ground to prevent future violations,” he said, echoing calls for action made by the recently concluded Independent Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on Libya.

This week, a UN backed fact finding mission in Libya released it's final report on Human rights in the country. After three years of investigations, the findings are dire. … FRANCE 24 is joined by Professor Chaloka Beyani, one of the investigators of the mission.

The Council today extended the mandate of the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) military operation in the Mediterranean -  EUNAVFOR MED IRINI until 31 March 2025. The decision was taken in the wake of the Strategic Review of the operation carried out by the Political and Security Committee.

UN nuclear watchdog’s statement raises safety and proliferation concerns in war-torn Libya.

Twelve years after its revolution, political tensions in Libya remain high, and its leaders face a “major legitimacy crisis” amid widespread public frustration, the UN’s senior official in the country told the Security Council on Monday, announcing plans to create a new mechanism in support of crucial elections.