The situation in Libya - Security Council, 10074th meeting

With Libya’s elections hanging in balance, Security Council speakers demand progress on political road map, end to foreign interference.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:36:08
• Production Date: 19 December 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT MISSION IN LIBYA - UNSMIL
• Subject Topical: ECONOMIC COOPERATION; ELECTIONS; FINANCIAL SITUATION; SANCTIONS; WOMEN; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; ARMS EMBARGO; TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; LIBYA SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: LIBYA
• MAMS Id: 3520846
• Parent Id: 3518522
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10074 LIBYA 19 DEC 2025 AM

Description

Libya’s path to elections remains fraught with complications that are challenging but can be overcome, the Chief of the UN Mission in that country said, while its delegate lamented that his country has turned into a battlefield for settling international scores.

Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), noted that the implementation of the political road map, which she presented to the Council on 21 August, has been “quite challenging”. While the two committees on sovereign positions of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State had agreed to reconstitute the High National Election Commission, this did not happen despite multiple engagements.

The other unaccomplished task is the amendment of the constitutional and legal framework for elections. She noted multiple calls for the holding of presidential elections and demonstrations in five cities demanding this. The political process should not be held hostage by the inaction of key political stakeholders, she said, adding: “If the two institutions fail to have agreed on the first two milestones of the political road map, I would be prepared to seek an alternative mechanism and seek the support of this Council”.

• Briefer: Ms. Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (via video-teleconference)
• Briefer: His Excellency Mohamed Rabi A. Yusuf, Deputy Permanent Representative of Somalia, in his capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya
• Statements: All Council members, with Algeria speaking on behalf of: Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Somalia
• Statement: Libya

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UN Meetings Coverage

S/2025/792

S/PV.10074