UN Envoy Says Libya Road Map Is Stalling

Overview

• UN Special Representative Hanna Tetteh, who briefed the Security Council on Wednesday, said Libya has fallen short on the UN plan meant to deliver elections and reunified state institutions.
• The UN-facilitated Structured Dialogue, held online during Ramadan and in person in April, has produced draft recommendations across security, governance, the economy, and reconciliation, with a final report due by early June.
• Tetteh said she will return to the Council in June with proposals grounded in existing agreements if Libyan actors do not move the process forward.
• She warned that the economy is sliding due to currency pressure, rising prices, fuel shortages, opaque public spending, and the use of oil revenues in a distorted system that weakens basic services.
• Council members broadly endorsed a Libyan-led process, while Pakistan reaffirmed support for Libya’s sovereignty and said asset freezes are meant to safeguard national wealth for the public.