The United Nations, says the 18 member newly established Libyan Political Dialogue Forum Advisory Committee will meet at the UN headquarters in Geneva from January 13 to 16, 2021.
The UN Information Service said the committee’s main mission is to discuss the outstanding issues related to the selection of a unified executive authority in Libya.
The UN, in its email message to journalists, stated that the mission is also to present concrete and practical recommendations upon which the forums plenary shall decide.
“The national elections date of Dec. 24, remains a sine qua non for the UN, a guiding principle and an unrenounceable goal,’’ the message said.
On January 3, the UN Support Mission in Libya announced the establishment of the Advisory Committee, saying that its mandate would be strictly time-bound.
Libya’s eastern-based army and its UN-backed government fought for more than a year in and around the capital Tripoli before the conflicts ended last June.
Libyan delegations in Geneva signed an UN-sponsored permanent ceasefire agreement on October 23, 2020.
At a meeting held November 2020, 75 representatives of the social and political spectrum of the Libyan society agreed to hold general elections in the country on December 24.
They also agreed on a mechanism to select a unified executive authority in the country.