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Libyans walking near a laundry shop in Tawergha, near Misrata, and Stephanie Williams in the frame. AFP Cairo - Khalid Mahmoud
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the election of four municipal councils in western Libya.
“UNSMIL welcomes the first four municipal council elections in 2021 that are taking place in the municipalities of Hay al-Andalus and Swani Bin Adam of Greater Tripoli, as well as Qasr al-Akhyar and Zlitin, in the west,” the mission said in a statement.
Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya Stephanie Williams has hailed the determination of the Libyan people to exercise their democratic rights.
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2021-01-06 22:06:04 GMT2021-01-07 06:06:04(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TRIPOLI, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) The UN envoy in Libya Stephanie Williams on Wednesday convened a virtual meeting to follow up on the economic Libyan reforms discussed in Geneva on Dec. 14-15, 2020.
The meeting was attended by co-chairs of the Economic Working Group (EWG) of the International FollowUp Committee for Libya including the ambassadors of Egypt, the EU and the United States, as well as senior officials from the UN-backed Libyan government and the east-based government, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said in a statement.
Libyan experts from the Libyan Economic Dialogue and representatives of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund also participated in the meeting, UNSMIL added.
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