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UN Security Council Appoints New UN Envoy to Libya.
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New York, 16 December 2020(Lana) The UN Security Council agreed on Tuesday to appoint Nikolay Mladenov as the new UN Special Envoy to Libya, Diplomat said. Mladenov will succeed Ghasan Salama who resigned in March due to health reasons. UN Security Council members stressed the need to put in place reliable and effective mechanism to monitor the ceasefire under Libyan leadership, saying they looked forward to a comprehensive report from the Secretary General on effective ceasefire monitoring proposals under UN auspices. The Council members renewed their call for... Read more
CBL Approves New Libyan Dinar Exchange Rate Against the Dollar.
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Tripoli, 16 December 2020(Lana) The Central Bank of Libya has approved an amended exchange rate of the Libyan dinar against the US dollar at LD 4.48. In a statement it issued on Wednesday, the CBL said it has discussed a report by the committee, at a meeting held by the board of directors, and decided to endorse the new rate as of January 3, 2021, to be applicable for all foreign currency purchasing purposes, government, commercial and personal. The CBL said the meeting of the board was marked by a spirit of devotion and patriotism, and the decision to change the rate... Read more
NDCC Records 560 New CoronaVirus Infections.
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Tripoli, 16 December 2020(Lana) - The National Disease Control Centre (NDCC) has issued a daily CoronaVirus update in Libya for Wednesday Dec.16. The NDCC said it received 3300 samples for PCR testing, 2740 have turned out to be negative, and 560 positive. The NDCC Communication Committee said the Centre has recorded 576 recoveries and 5 deaths in the last 24 hours. This brings to 92577 the total CoronaVirus cases in Libya, of which 28.533 active cases, 62.720 recoveries and 1324 deaths. =... Read more
WHO Discuss With NDCC operation in Combating Covid 19.
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Tripoli, 14 December 2020(Lana) The World Health Organisation Representative in Libya Elizabeth Hoff on Sunday met the Head of the National Disease Control Centre Badr Iddin Bashir Al Najjar in the capital Tripoli. Cooperation between the National Disease Control Centre and the World Health Organisation to overcome the obstacles facing the detection and rapid response teams were discussed at the meeting. =... Read more
Mayors Encourage UN Envoy to Expedite National Elections.
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Tripoli, 14 December 2020(Lana) The Acting UN Special Envoy to Libya Stephanie Williams has briefed a number of mayors from across the country on the progress that has been made at the Libyan political, economic and military talks. According to the UN Support Mission in Libya SMS page, the mayors expressed, at a meeting held on Saturday, their appreciation of this achievement, and encouraged the UN Representative to expedite the national elections, and insisted on implementing the devolution process to better serve their local communities. =... Read more