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Recommendation 28
28
Accepted
Demonstrate actions taken as penholder to promote peace and security in Libya.
Recommendation
The Government should demonstrate the actions it is taking to promote peace and security in Libya’s borders as its penholder. (Recommendation, Paragraph 96)
Government Response Summary
The government agrees and details its actions as penholder for Libya, including consistently using the UN platform, leading the renewal of the Libya sanctions regime with significant changes, advocating for elections, and leading the recent renewal of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) mandate. It also continues to explore co-penning press statements.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
Agree. 39. The UK has consistently used the UN platform to press for progress on Libya, even if Council action on the file has received less media attention than other issues. In the last twelve months, eight UN Security Council meetings have been held on Libya’s political situation. HMG led the renewal of the Libya sanctions regime in January, delivering the most significant changes since 2014, including an arms embargo exemption to support military reunification, new sanctions targeting illicit oil exploitation, and controlled exemptions to allow reinvestment of frozen assets for the benefit of the Libyan people. The UK has used meetings in the UN Security Council to call for free, fair, transparent and inclusive national elections, sustainable political progress, and to welcome commitments including those made at the International Follow-Up Committee on Libya in Berlin in June. We are pleased to have led the most recent renewal of the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), adopted on 31 October 2025. This will allow for the Mission to continue to facilitate the Libyan-led and Libyan-owned political process, including through the SRSG’s new political roadmap announced in August 2025. HMG also continues to explore opportunities to co-pen press statements with the A3+ to amplify regional voices and maintain Council unity in support of peace and security in Libya.