UN Envoy Warns Libya’s Political Roadmap Is Off Track

Overview

• The UN Support Mission in Libya told the Security Council on Wednesday that plans for elections and reunified state bodies have stalled, and Council members broadly named elections, institutional reunification, security reform and economic transparency as the needed steps.
• UN envoy Hanna Tetteh said she will return to the Council with proposals based on existing political agreements if momentum does not pick up.
• She reported that a UN-led Structured Dialogue has drafted recommendations across four tracks — security, governance, the economy and reconciliation and human rights — with a final report expected by early June.
• Tetteh warned that Libya’s economy is worsening due to currency pressures, rising prices, fuel shortages and opaque public spending, which is driving more people into poverty.
• Council members, including Pakistan, backed a Libyan-led UN-mediated process, with Pakistan noting relative calm near Tripoli, praising a unified spending plan and stressing that asset freezes are meant to protect Libya’s wealth for its people.