Libya: Vote on a Draft Resolution Renewing UNSMIL’s MandateOn Monday morning (30 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for one year, until 31 October 2024. The draft text in blue maintains UNSMIL’s core mandated tasks, as set out in resolution 2542 of 15 September 2020 and paragraph 16 of resolution 2570 of 16 April 2021. The UK, the penholder on Libya, circulated an initial draft text on 17 October and convened one round of negotiations on 19 October. On 7 June, the committee announced that it had reached agreement on draft legislation, which the HoR and HSC subsequently approved. This paragraph was apparently included in the UK’s initial draft text and did not require substantive discussion during the negotiations.
