Stephanie Williams: Situation in Libya Still is Fragile.
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Tripoli, 26 November 2020(Lana) Acting UN Special Representative
Stephanie Williams, the Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya has
described the situation in Libya as fragile and dangerous, and said
the country is suffering from a deterioration of living standards
coupled with lack of services, an acute banking crisis and
institutional and financial divisions.
Williams was speaking at the final meeting of the second round of
the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, which was conducted via video
link, to discuss mechanisms of eligibility to posts of the executive
authority.
She said this situation has a direct impact on the ordinary
Libyan citizens, a record number of them have become in need for
humanitarian assistance, which raises the alarm about the need to
take practical steps to push forward the political process.
As for concerns raised by participants over use of digital voting
on mechanisms of eligibility to unified executive posts, Williams
told the participants that UNSMIL would provide a practical solution
that guarantees transparency and confidentiality, to wind up
discussion on mechanisms of legality to executive posts.
Williams said she never intended to distort what was going in the
Political Dialogue, adding that she told the participants that we
need to make a progress before we go to a direct meeting.
She reminded the participants of the last briefing she made to
the UN Security Council in which she warned that the UN forecast was
that 1.3 million Libyans need assistance.
Williams also reminded the participants that the main demand of
the members of the Military Commission 5+5 was to make the political
talks a success.
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