The former Senegalese minister had held the position of United Nations Representative in Central Africa, and also served as Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Madagascar and Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Mission in Mali.
The international envoy to Libya, Slovak Jan Kubis, resigned abruptly last November. Since then, this position has remained vacant because the Security Council, whose approval is necessary, rejected several proposals for names submitted by the Secretary-General..
Diplomatic sources told AFP a few days ago that council members agreed on Bathili’s name, while the Tripoli-based government expressed its “reservations.”“.
Libya was scheduled to hold presidential and legislative elections in December 2021 as the culmination of a peace process sponsored by the United Nations after violence in 2020..
However, these elections were postponed until further notice due to differences between political opponents and field tensions, with more armed confrontations recorded between rival militias in Tripoli.
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