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5+5 Committee to Convene First Meeting Inside Libya.
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Tripoli, 1 November 2020(Lana) The Military Committee 5+5 is scheduled to convene its fifth session of talks in Ghadamis from 2-4 November, the first meeting inside Libya. The UN Support Mission in Libya UNSMIL said in a statement 'the session comes following the signing of the permanent ceasefire by the two delegations in Geneva on October 23. The statement said the UN Special Envoy to Libya Stephanie Williams will attend the meeting. The meeting is said to discuss mechanisms of executing the ceasefire agreement including setting up sub-committee and mechanisms of... Read more
UNSMIL Considers Ceasefire Opportunity to Give Women Better Status.
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Tripoli, 1 November 2020(Lana) The UN Support Mission in Libya has said the October 23 ceasefire was an opportunity to give Libyan women a better status as peace builders for a more sustainable peace. UNSMIL tweeted 'women in Libya are variably affected by the conflict, given that they were susceptible to threats, kidnapping, sexual assault and murder. =... Read more
Al-Sarraj and "Stephanie" agree that the Libyan politicians decide the path of moving towards a political solution without external interference.
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Tripoli, October 31, 2020 (Lana) - The President of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord, Mr. Fayez Al-Sarraj, and the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mrs. Stephanie Williams, agreed that the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, to be held in Tunis on the 9th of next November, represents a historic opportunity, for Libyan politicians to decide the path of moving towards a political solution without outside interference, according to a clear and binding roadmap with specific dates, to reach national elections that... Read more
The UN mission confirms its keenness on the participation of all in the Libyan Dialogue Platform launched by the mission.
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Tripoli, October 31, 2020 (Lana - The United Nations Mission in Libya 'UNSMIL', announced that the requests to participate in the Libyan Dialogue Platform have been divided into two groups due to the receipt of thousands of requests, after the conclusion last night of the work of the first session of the political dialogue platform launched by the mission, which focused on the political process and the Libyan constitution . The UN mission said in a tweet on its official Twitter account that it had received thousands of requests to participate in the dialogue through the... Read more
Libyan-Mauritanian military talks in the field of combating terrorism and organized crime.
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Nouakchott, October 31, 2020 (Lana) - The discussions of the Chief of General Staff of the Libyan Army, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Al-Haddad, in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, with Mauritanian Defense Minister Hanan Ould Sidi, focused on security and military coordination between the two countries in the field of combating terrorism and organized crime. The talks between the Libyan and Mauritanian sides dealt with the discussion of cooperation relations between the two countries and ways to enhance and develop them in all fields, in addition to strengthening the ceasefire... Read more