UK Urges Libya’s Leaders at UN to Use Window for Tetteh Roadmap

Overview

• At the UN Security Council the United Kingdom reaffirmed support for UN Special Representative Abdoulaye Tetteh and urged Libyan leaders to use the existing window of opportunity to implement his roadmap toward inclusive, Libyan‑led elections.
• The UK said two concrete moves would show progress: enact the US‑facilitated unified budget agreement and finalise the outcome of UNSMIL’s '4+4' small convening to bridge east‑west divisions.
• London warned that stalled political progress is already linked to worrying security incidents, citing a central bank dispute, the assassination of an LNA military intelligence chief, targeted drone strikes on Zawiya infrastructure, and public protests.
• The statement welcomed recent announcements of detainee releases in both western and eastern Libya and called on Libyan institutions to end arbitrary detention, carry out impartial investigations, and dismantle organised immigration crime that the UN says disproportionately harms women and girls.
• Since 2011 Libya has operated with parallel institutions in the east and west, and the UK argued that implementing these small, verifiable steps could stabilise the dinar, improve jobs and fuel and goods supplies, and reduce space for criminal networks to thrive.