The UN Security Council on Tuesday, in a declaration adopted unanimously by its members, supported the new transitional authorities in Libya, welcoming an
"achievement which constitutes an important step in the Libyan political process".
In this statement drafted by the United Kingdom,
"the Security Council calls on the interim executive authority to quickly agree on the formation of a new inclusive government"
and
"to launch a comprehensive process of national reconciliation".
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As it had already done in a previous declaration adopted on January 28, the Security Council also stresses the need to respect the cease-fire observed since the autumn and to proceed
"to the withdrawal of all foreign and mercenary forces. of Libya without further delay ”
.
Last week, the Security Council ordered the UN secretary general to deploy the vanguard of a ceasefire observer unit in Libya.
According to ex-acting UN envoy Stephanie Williams, it will be a
"light force"
and
"scalable"
, comprising unarmed civilian observers.
"The Libyans have drawn up a list of nationalities" directly involved in the conflict that they do not want to see in this observation unit and "they are looking for observers from other countries,"
she said Friday without identifying the States in question.
Libya has entered a new phase of transition after the election of an interim executive to form a government, prepare for a national ballot for December 24 and end a decade of chaos.
Abdel Hamid Dbeibah and Mohammed Younes el-Menfi, elected respectively Acting Prime Minister and President of the Presidential Council, must reunite the institutions of a divisive state, with two authorities so far rival based in the West and ballast.
