The Security Council is in the process of extending the UN mission ... Aqila Saleh calls for the formation of a unified authority in Libya

On Tuesday, the Security Council is scheduled to extend the mission of the UN mission in Libya for a year, while the Speaker of the House of Representatives meeting in Tobruk called Aqila Saleh to form a unified authority to run the country.

Western diplomatic sources said that the Security Council will vote on Tuesday on a new draft resolution to extend the mission's mission in Libya, and includes amendments related to the appointment of a special envoy on diplomacy and a UN coordinator for daily operations.

The mission's mandate ends in mid-September, according to Council Resolution 2486, which was issued on the 12th of the same month last year.

The sources indicated that the draft resolution prepared by Britain will ask the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, to appoint a new envoy to Libya without further delay.

The position of the UN envoy to Libya remained vacant until now, after the resignation of the Lebanese diplomat, Ghassan Salame, in early March.

In this regard, the same sources indicated that there is no consensus yet within the Security Council on the name of the new candidate to assume the position.

Unified authority

In a related context, the Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, meeting in Tobruk, said that the solution to the country's crisis will be by forming a single new authority that gains the confidence of the people and the support of the international community.

Saleh's statement comes in reference to the restructuring of the Presidency Council of 3 members instead of 9, and the formation of a government of national unity separate from the presidency.

This came in a statement in which he dealt with the topics on the table of the Libyan dialogue held in the Moroccan city of Bouznika, and said that it was not held to allocate positions to people.

Speaking about his vision to solve the Libyan crisis, Saleh said, "We believe that the solution is to form a new authority, one that will gain the confidence of the people and the support of the international community."

He added, "We affirm the Parliament's keenness to build a state of law and institutions that guarantee the political and civil rights of all citizens, whose foundation is the right to run, vote and participate in decision-making."

He continued, "There will be municipal council elections as soon as possible, and then work to lay down the constitutional and legal rules for presidential and parliamentary elections during the period specified in the Cairo Declaration during the next year."

Diplomatic

movement and escalating

moves to reach a political solution to end the conflict in the country, in the wake of the forces of the Government of National Accord achieving field victories that enabled it to push the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar away from the capital and the entire western Libyan region.

Yesterday, Thursday, a remarkable development took place in the Libyan file, as a delegation from the Government of National Accord visited Cairo and met with Egyptian officials.

The move raised questions about the possibility of a change in the Egyptian position towards the internationally recognized Libyan government, after years of hostility and bias towards retired Major General Khalifa Haftar.