In a second vote on Friday afternoon in New York, the ambassadors also unanimously adopted a resolution renewing measures relating to the illicit export of oil until July 30, 2022.
The ceasefire agreement brokered by the UN last year was signed by military representatives of the internationally recognized Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) and by the rival administration of “The Army. Nationale Libyenne ”(ANL), based in eastern Libya.
The ceasefire agreement also called for the establishment of a follow-up mechanism for its implementation, and details were spelled out in the December 29 proposals, submitted by the UN Secretary-General. , António Guterres, as requested by the Council.
Gradual deployment
In February, the Security Council sent a letter to the Secretary-General requesting that a preliminary team be deployed in preparation for the formation of the new team, under the auspices of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, UNSMIL. , and requesting a report on the team’s work.
This report was submitted to the Council last month, and the UN chief last week proposed a staged deployment for the UNSMIL ceasefire monitoring team, which would require an initial maximum of about 60 people, according to details relayed Thursday at a press conference in New York.
The observers “would be deployed in Sirte once all the conditions for a permanent presence have been met, including, of course, the security, logistical, medical and operational aspects”, declared the spokesperson of the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric. . “In the meantime, a forward presence would be established in Tripoli as soon as conditions permit.”
UNSMIL observers will work alongside observers from the 5 + 5 Joint Military Commission, he added.
The resolution just adopted approves the Secretary-General’s ceasefire monitoring plan and notes the need for constitutional and legislative support for the new Libyan electoral process to be in place by July 1, before the legislative and presidential elections scheduled for December 24.
The resolution emphasizes that the GNA-LNA Joint Military Commission must develop a broader plan outlining how the ceasefire mechanism will be implemented and how UNSMIL observers can be deployed.
Monitoring Mechanism Resolution 2570 also “strongly urges” states to support the ceasefire agreement agreed to in October, including the withdrawal “without delay” of all foreign and mercenary forces from Libya.
Informing reporters just before the results of the vote were released to the Council, Dujarric said the UN was committed to “helping Libya’s political leaders,” noting that “what we want to see,” is that all foreign fighters leave Libya.
