At the beginning of the session, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, said that “the Libyan executive branch is facing a crisis that, if not resolved, could lead to instability and parallel governments in the country.”
“The United Nations is making great efforts to resolve this crisis, to agree on a constitutional basis to hold elections, as soon as possible,” he said, praising the work of the American Stephanie Williams, special adviser to the United Nations secretary-general. .
“If this doesn’t materialize, the risk is a new division of institutions and the undoing of the gains made in the last two years,” said Rosemary DiCarlo.
On the African side, there is no choice for the two executive authorities. Gabon’s ambassador, Michel Xavier Biang, said after the meeting on behalf of Ghana and Kenya, all of which occupy non-permanent seats on the Security Council: “We express our deep concern about the political stalemate and the diminishing gains that have been made so far.
The Security Council plans to extend the United Nations political mission in Libya at the end of next April, a deadline that coincides with the end of Stephanie Williams’ renewable contract, and the Russian diplomat stressed the need to appoint a new United Nations delegate “as soon as possible.”
The same source added that the proposal receives the support of Russia and China in the Security Council, and it is assumed that Guterres will be presented with the names of a series of personalities so that he can make his decision and present it to the Security Council.
The demand to appoint an African as UN envoy to Libya is an old one, and in 2020 Africa nominated an Algerian and a Ghanaian, one after another, but these proposals were rejected by the United States.