Security Council endorses UN plan to break Libya stalemate
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The Security Council is endorsing a UN plan to break the political stalemate in Libya that has divided the country into competing governments with two parliaments and an array of rival militias.
A presidential statement approved by all 15 members on Tuesday backs the proposal by new UN envoy, Ghassan Salame, to amend the UN peace agreement signed by different Libyan factions in 2015.
It also welcomes Salame's support for a Libyan-led transition that will lead to the establishment of a "stable, unified, representative and effective" government.
Libya fell into chaos after the ouster and killing of its longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
The country's divisions have empowered hundreds of militias to become the real powers on the ground where human trafficking, fuel smuggling and terrorists have thrived.
