No Result
View All Result
Saturday, April 1, 2023
22 °c
Tripoli
18 ° Sun
16 ° Mon
17 ° Tue
19 ° Wed
  • Advertising
  • Contact
LibyaHerald
 
  • Home
  • Libya
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Magazine
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Register
SUBSCRIBE
  • Home
  • Libya
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Magazine
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Register
No Result
View All Result
LibyaHerald
No Result
View All Result
Home Libya

UNSMIL’s Leon gives grim report to Security Council on eve of new talks

byNigel Ash
August 27, 2015
Reading Time: 2 mins read
A A
UNSMIL’s Leon gives grim report to Security Council on eve of new talks

Leon speaking to the UN Security council by video link

12
SHARES
51
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

By Libya Herald staff.

Leon speaking to the UN Security council by video link
Leon speaking to the UN Security council by video link

Tunis, 27 August 2015:

After 15 months, military operations in Benghazi had settled into trench warfare with no sign . . .[restrict]an imminent end, UNSMIL chief, Bernardino Leon told the UN Security Council yesterday in a grim overall assessment of security and the collapsing Libyan economy.

Leon said that IS terrorists now controlled a 200 kilometre stretch of coastline. Only a unified government could combat them: “ The message to Libya’s leaders is clear: there is simply no other alternative to unified and collective action if Libyans are to successfully prevent a repeat of the catastrophic advances that Daesh has made in countries like Syria and Iraq”.

Leon also warned that Libya was running out of money.  “The economy continues to contract rapidly”, he said, “ the result of a significant reduction in oil revenues due to falling oil prices and low oil production”.

RELATED POSTS

5+5 JMC agree on election-supporting measures

Libya’s 5+5 JMC and Liaison Committees approve coordination mechanism for foreign mercenaries and fighter removal from Libya

The country was also heavily depleting its financial reserve, largely through what Leon called “non-productive items” by which he probably meant the continued payment of salaries and subsidies for fuel and bread.   Leon warned Security Council members that they should not underestimate the scale of the resources that would be required to assist a new unified national government “to pull Libya back from the brink of economic meltdown and total collapse of state institutions”.

Leon said that the military stalemate in Benghazi was taking a heavy toll on the civilian population and on whatever remained of the city’s much-damaged infrastructure. More than 100,000 of the city’s population had been displaced and seventy percent of its health facilities were either inaccessible or non-functional.

The position in the south of the country was he said “equally appalling. The absence of the state and of a proper functioning security apparatus has exacerbated local competition by tribal groups for power and resources, a conflict that has its roots in decades’ long marginalisation and neglect by central authorities”.

Leon described a grim backdrop of growing hardship and misery caused by collapsing security and general  lawlessness. Armed groups continued to abduct civilians because of their identity or opinions.

After seven months since the start of the UNSMIL-brokered dialogue, Leon said that he was increasingly confident that the process was “finally drawing to its final stages … despite repeated attempts by spoilers on all sides whose narrow interests and agendas dictate against a peaceful solution to the conflict in Libya”

Leon said that the talks had come a long way in narrowing ‘the trust deficit’. He believed that the concerns of the GNC which had kept it back from signing the Skirhat Accord could be addressed in the annexes to the agreement.

Though Leon was thought to be aiming to have a new unity government in place by around 15 September when the UN General Assembly next convenes, yesterday he said the key date was now 21 October, when under the Constitutional Declaration, the mandate of the House of Representatives would run out.

 

LCDF support banner [/restrict]

Tags: featuredLeonLibyareportSecurity CouncilUNSMIL
Share5Tweet3Share1

Related Posts

Aldabaiba stresses need to activate agricultural projects in cooperation with private sector
Libya

Aldabaiba stresses need to activate agricultural projects in cooperation with private sector

April 1, 2023
Alberini nominated as new Italian ambassador to Libya
Libya

Alberini nominated as new Italian ambassador to Libya

March 31, 2023
MSF Libya provided medical care in 2022 to more than 50,000 people
Libya

MSF Libya provided medical care in 2022 to more than 50,000 people

March 31, 2023
HSC confirms conditional attendance of Paris conference
Libya

High State Council selects 6 committee members for 6+6 joint election laws committee

March 30, 2023
Attorney General orders arrests at Jumhouria bank branch for embezzlement
Libya

Akakus Oil Operations chairman remanded in custody on corruption charges

March 28, 2023
UNSMIL: Warring parties invited to begin negotiations on 29 September
Libya

Historic inclusive JMC 5+5 tripoli meeting – raises hope for elections and permanent peace?

March 27, 2023
Next Post
Misrata releases 15 Tawerghans

Misrata releases 15 Tawerghans

Thinni tells Russians he needs arms and airstrikes against IS

 

Advertise on LibyaHerald

Reach thousands of our site visitors daily

240 x 400px

Advertise Here
ADVERTISEMENT

Top Stories

  • Big Chefs Turkish restaurant chain opens its first branch in Tripoli – the first in Libya and Africa

    Big Chefs Turkish restaurant chain opens its first branch in Tripoli – the first in Libya and Africa

    353 shares
    Share 146 Tweet 86
  • Historic inclusive JMC 5+5 tripoli meeting – raises hope for elections and permanent peace?

    91 shares
    Share 39 Tweet 22
  • Zallaf starts 3,000 bpd Erawin production – Libya’s first new field

    84 shares
    Share 34 Tweet 21
  • Libya discusses with Chinese companies return to work

    74 shares
    Share 32 Tweet 18
  • Libyan Air Ambulance Service contracts to buy three new Bell helicopters

    60 shares
    Share 28 Tweet 13
LibyaHerald

The Libya Herald first appeared on 17 February 2012 – the first anniversary of the Libyan Revolution. Since then, it has become a favourite go-to source on news about Libya, for many in Libya and around the world, regularly attracting millions of hits.

Recent News

French Hypermarket Géant attracting lots of customers in its first Libya branch in Benghazi – more branches to open across Libya

Ghadames Air receives its Airbus 330

Sitemap

  • Why subscribe?
  • Terms & Conditions
  • FAQs
  • Copyright & Intellectual Property Rights
  • Subscribe now

Newsletters

    Be the first to know latest important news & events directly to your inbox.

    Sending ...

    By signing up, I agree to our TOS and Privacy Policy.

    © 2022 LibyaHerald - Powered by Sparx Solutions.

    No Result
    View All Result
    • Login
    • Sign Up
    • Cart
    • Libya
    • Business
    • Advertising
    • About us
    • BusinessEye Magazine
    • Letters
    • Features
    • Why subscribe?
    • FAQs
    • Contact

    © 2022 LibyaHerald - Powered by Sparx Solutions.

    Welcome Back!

    Sign In with Facebook
    Sign In with Linked In
    OR

    Login to your account below

    Forgotten Password? Sign Up

    Create New Account!

    Sign Up with Facebook
    Sign Up with Linked In
    OR

    Fill the forms bellow to register

    *By registering into our website, you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.
    All fields are required. Log In

    Retrieve your password

    Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

    Log In
    This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
    Are you sure want to unlock this post?
    Unlock left : 0
    Are you sure want to cancel subscription?