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UN Security Council Extends UNSMIL Mandate Until September 2017 United Nations, 14 December 2016(Lana) The UN Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya UNSMIL for another 9 months until September 15, 2017.
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The Council members also authorized the mission to mediate and to use its good offices to offer support in several areas, including execution of the political agreement and unification of arrangements by the Government of National Accord in the areas of government, security and economy. In a session devoted to the situation in Libya, the Council decided that UNSMIL within its operational and security capacity to back up the key Libyan institutions, monitor human rights, report any violations and to secure and prevent the spread of un-controlled arms. =... Read more
UN Peace-Building Fund Approves $3 Million to Spur Reconciliation in Libya United Nations, 14 December 2016(Lana) The UN Peace-building Fund on Tuesday approved a $3 million for the support of national reconciliation effort in Libya.
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The money is aimed to help create the suitable political environment to end armed conflicts in the country, according to the UN office spokesman. On the same day the UN Security Council approved a draft resolution extending the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya UNSMIL for another 9 months until September 15, 2017. The Council expressed strong support for the ongoing efforts by UNSMIL to facilitate a Libyan-led solution in the face of challenges in the country. =... Read more
Director General of Custom Authority Appeals to International Community to Shoulder its Responsibility Towards Libya Tripoli, 13 December 2016(Lana) The Director General of the Libyan Custom Authority Brigadier Mustafa Al Tarjuman has appealed
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'We avail ourselves on this opportunity to send a clear message to the international community, to take the responsibility towards supporting the Libyan state, and not to leave the country prey to political conflicts which crippled the economic development and progress, and we assure them that Libya's stability would bring benefit to the international community as a whole, Al Tarjuman said at the end of the visit by the Secretary General of the World Custom Organisation Kunnio Mikuriya to Libya . =... Read more
Presidency Council Spokesman : Expected Relief in Liquidity Shortage Problem in the Coming Days Tripoli, 12 December 2016(Lana) The Spokesman of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord Ashraf Al Tulti has said talks between
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There is a package of measures that were discussed at the talks and shortly adopted including the liquidity problem and determining the value of the Libyan dinar against hard currencies, as well as the impact that these measures would have on the market and ways of alleviating these affects in an economically and scientifically-oriented fashion, Al Tulti said in his weekly press conference which he held here on Monday. =... Read more
Al Tulti: Liberation of Sirte to be Declared Shortly Tripoli, 12 December 2016(Lana) The Spokesman of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord Ashraf Al Tulti has said confirmed the end of military operations in the city of Si
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In the weekly press conference in Tripoli, Al Tulti said the Fortified Structure forces were carrying out the task of removing mines and retrieving bodies of Da'esh fighters from the battle ground. The spokesman said an announcement on the liberation of Sirte was expected shortly, indicating that there was a coordination between the GNA and the Structure forces on this matter. As for the events in the oil crescent Al Tulti said the Presidency Council had reaffirmed in a statement its position of no escalation in the sensitive area which constitutes the life line of all... Read more