The United Nations announced - today, Thursday - that it will receive by the end of this week the conclusions of the work of the Libyan Consensus Committee on the constitutional basis for holding elections, while an international financial review is expected to lead to the unification of the Central Bank, whose jurisdictions are contested by two authorities in the East and West.

"We will continue to work with the political dialogue forum, and by the end of this week we will reach the conclusions of the work of the consensus committee," said the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Jan Kubis.

A week ago, members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Geneva chose a 13-member committee to discuss proposals for the constitutional basis on which the parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for December 24 will be held.

Kubis added that the committee will work to bridge the gap between the various proposals and approve a constitutional basis for the elections.

He pointed out that it is the responsibility of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the Supreme Council of State, to determine the necessary legislation to conduct elections, as well as to approve the constitutional rule.

On the work of the Electoral Commission, the UN official stated that it needs to approve the constitutional basis and the laws necessary for the elections.

Regarding the upcoming Security Council session on Libya, Kubis said that during the next week we will discuss the situation in the country, including the elections and the implementation of the ceasefire.

Central Bank

In a related context, two well-informed sources said that an international financial review of two parallel branches of the Central Bank of Libya will recommend, on Thursday, steps that may lead to their eventual reunification.

The Central Bank of Libya is located in Tripoli, but the rival administration in the east has set up a parallel bank in recent years.

With the help of the United Nations, a contract was finalized last year with the international accounting firm Deloitte to conduct a financial audit of the institutions that have split in the wake of Libya's 2014 split.

A source close to the Libyan government said that the results of the financial review will be "largely positive" and that the report is expected to include recommendations for further steps to complete the process.

In a brief statement published yesterday evening, Wednesday, the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, said that the UN envoy handed him a copy of the financial audit report.

He said that "the unification of the central bank is a goal that must be achieved, and as soon as possible."