Overview
- The UN Support Mission in Libya published a road map after a six-month Structured Dialogue that gathered about 120 Libyans and produced nearly 600 recommendations on governance, security, the economy and human rights.
- UNSMIL has been running direct talks between Tripoli and eastern military and political leaders that reached an agreement in principle to reconstitute the national electoral commission and opened negotiations on electoral laws.
- Confidence-building steps have included Exercise Flintlock, which brought eastern and western forces together in Sirte for joint drills as a first move toward reunifying Libya’s military and security institutions.
- Disinformation claiming the UN plans to resettle migrants has driven protests and clashes at UN and UNHCR offices, creating real security risks for staff and threatening the operational space needed to implement reforms.
- International actors, led publicly by the UK, say UNSMIL must remain central, call for dismantling smuggling networks and closing informal detention centres, and warn the UN envoy will seek alternative proposals from the Security Council if the road map stalls.