“What is urgently needed is the political will to break the protracted political stalemate and achieve progress on multiple fronts,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at the latest meeting of the High-level Committee on Libya, taking place in Addis Ababa. Progress is sorely needed towards holding elections and advancing gains in security, national reconciliation and human rights, he said, adding that the UN continues to be committed to Libyan-owned and Libyan-led solutions. A UN human rights fact-finding probe in late January included testimony of extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, human trafficking, internal displacement, and the existence of mass burial sites. “They remain the only credible pathway to legitimate, unified governance.”© UNECA/Daniel Getachew – The UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the African Union High-Level Committee on Libya. Human rights concernsOutlining serious human rights concerns, he said migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers continue to suffer abuses with impunity.
