The UN and Regional Actors in the Libyan Crisis at Present
https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2020-10-5-124-128
Abstract
This research is aimed at analyzing the role of the UN and regional actors in resolving the Libyan crisis.
Since 2016, the UN Support Mission in Libya has given the most significant emphasis to direct negotiations between the two main parties to the conflict (GNA and LNA). The Stabilization Facility for Libya has focused on providing support to the GNA in Tripoli and increasing its credibility at the municipal level . Nevertheless, the UN’s effort to resolve the crisis in Libya since 2016 has been superficial. The Libyan political agreement initiated by the UN shifts the balance of power in the country in favour of the Government of National Accord in Tripoli . Diplomatic efforts aimed at stabilization cannot be called successful due to ignoring the issue of control over oil fields and the ongoing intervention of regional forces in the conflict. A ceasefire and a political consensus between the GNA and the LNA are possible only if amendments are made to the Political Agreement of 2015, as well as an alternation in Libya’s polity. The methodology of the research includes a structural-systemic method based on an interdisciplinary approach.
About the Author
I. V. Kravchenko
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Igor V. Kravchenko, Bachelor
International Relations
Moscow
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Kravchenko I.V. The UN and Regional Actors in the Libyan Crisis at Present. Humanities and Social Sciences. Bulletin of the Financial University. 2020;10(5):124-128. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2020-10-5-124-128
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