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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Weissenstein

U.N. will struggle to unify Libya with elections this year

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The United Nations’ top diplomat in Libya said Monday that he is launching a new attempt to calm the deeply unsettled nation by pushing for rival factions’ to agree on holding presidential and legislative elections this year, but any optimism was dampened by a lack of details and continued disputes.

Abdoulaye Bathily, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ Special Representative for Libya, told the U.N. Security Council in New York that the latest initiative is aimed at presidential and legislative elections within 10 months.

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