UN Security Council appoints new Libya envoy

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TRIPOLI, 16 January 2021, (TON): The United Nations Security Council has approved Jan Kubis’s appointment as the UN Libya envoy who will replace Stephanie Williams, who has been acting Libya envoy.

The appointment was materialized after a gap of nearly one year after the last mediator; Ghassan Salame stepped down in March 2020.

Kubis, Slovakia’s former Foreign Minister, is currently the UN special coordinator for Lebanon. He has also served as the UN special envoy in Afghanistan and Iraq.

 

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