UN’s Libya envoy resigns citing no hope for political progress
Al JazeeraAbdoulaye Bathily says ‘lack of political will and good faith’ on the part of Libyan leaders are making UN governance efforts in Libya futile. The UN’s special envoy for Libya says he is his resigning as the world body cannot successfully support the country’s political transition when its leaders put their own interests above finding a solution. “I tendered my resignation to the secretary-general,” Senegalese diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily told reporters on Tuesday after briefing the Security Council on the situation in the North African country. The UN support mission in Libya “made a lot of efforts under my leadership over the last 18 months”, but the situation has deteriorated, Bathily said, condemning a “lack of political will and good faith” by Libyan leaders.
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