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3/27/2022 6:21:29 PM
The Libyan people want to end a decade of violence and elect a government, showing "zero appetite" for further conflict despite a renewed political standoff, the UN's top in-country official told AFP.
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3/7/2022 9:43:54 PM
Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on Libya Stephanie Williams on Monday highlighted the need for internal cooperation for "lasting stability" in the North African country.
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1/4/2022 1:52:31 PM
Stephanie Williams, the Special Adviser to the UN’s Secretary-General on Libya, stressed in a tweet on Tuesday "the need to keep the electoral process in the country moving forward in order to realise the aspirations of the 2.8m Libyan citizens who registered to vote."
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12/7/2021 7:55:49 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment Monday of American diplomat Stephanie Williams, who led talks that resulted in the October 2020 cease-fire deal in Libya, to support the holding of presidential elections in the oil-rich north African country scheduled later this month which face many challenges.
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1/16/2021 10:16:09 PM
Participants at talks in Geneva agreed on a mechanism for choosing the new government, whose formation has been the subject of wrangling among the main factions in a country that is a major oil producer
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12/18/2020 9:43:07 PM
The Legal Committee will be tasked to work on the necessary arrangements for the upcoming national elections, Williams said
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12/16/2020 6:38:20 PM
UN acting envoy for Libya Stephanie Williams told an online meeting for the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum that she would form an advisory committee to help bridge the gaps among the participants and ``make concrete progress.''
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11/19/2020 8:53:50 PM
Last month's ceasefire formally ended fighting between forces of the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) based in Tripoli and forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA) lead by Khalifa Haftar.
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11/14/2020 7:48:10 PM
Participants at the UN-led talks agreed that national elections should take place on December 24, 2021, acting UN envoy Stephanie Williams told journalists in a virtual news conference
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11/4/2020 3:04:04 PM
'This is the beginning of a process that is going to require determination, courage, confidence and a lot of work,' said the head of the UN support mission for Libya, Stephanie Williams
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10/23/2020 9:48:45 PM
United Nations meetings in Geneva have been between five military officers from each side representing the GNA and LNA after they held preliminary talks in Egypt this month
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10/21/2020 10:58:23 AM
UN Libya envoy said the two Libyan sides have reached agreement on several important issues
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10/20/2020 5:57:03 PM
Libyan National Army says 'excluding Turkey from the Libyan scene is a priority' to ensure that peace talks will be successful
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10/19/2020 4:51:00 PM
Monday's meeting marks the fourth round of talks involving the Joint Military Commission under the watch of the head of the UN support mission for Libya, former US State Department official Stephanie Williams
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10/4/2020 9:00:56 PM
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9/2/2020 9:39:35 PM
The conflict has fed into a wider tussle for influence among those countries in the eastern Mediterranean area
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3/12/2020 8:52:26 PM
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3/24/2019 8:20:59 PM
A flurry of meetings is underway to reassure Libya’s political players despite protracted strife that a new settlement is possible. Whether these efforts will succeed is another matter
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9/30/2018 1:35:43 PM
After a brief period of calm, Libya’s capital has fallen again into militia violence, with the UN and national government scrambling to reinstate peace
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7/7/2018 2:54:06 PM
Despite Khalifa Haftar’s supposed approval of the Paris Declaration, his move to hand control of oil crescent terminals to eastern authorities has deepened the bifurcation in Libya
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