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Restoring UN Leadership of Libya’s Peace Process
Efforts to reunify Libya after six years of internal strife have drifted.
Global and regional powers should seize the opportunity of a high-level UN meeting on Libya and a new UN special envoy to speak with one voice and act to build an effective and inclusive peace process.
On 20 September, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, will chair a high-level meeting on Libya on the side-lines of the General Assembly.
After a long period of drift in international diplomacy, this marks an opportunity to bring greater clarity of purpose to the UN’s mission in Libya.
In the meeting’s aftermath, UN member states should speak in a…