Wrangling over UN mission in Libya continues in Security Council

NEW YORK: Security Council members on Thursday extended once again the UN’s mandate in Libya, until the end of January 2022.

But permanent members, including the US and UK, expressed dissatisfaction with the council’s inability to reach an agreement on an overhaul of the UN Support Mission in Libya that would have seen it establish a physical presence in the country that would encourage negotiations over the withdrawal of foreign forces.