By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Proposal for multinational operation to oversee truce comes as fighting grows more complex by the day
The UK will propose a UN security council resolution mandating a multinational operation to oversee a ceasefire in Libya, despite serious doubts that any of the conflict’s key players would abide by its terms.
The resolution will be seen as a test of the UN‘s waning authority after its secretary general, Antonio Guterres, described offensives by both sides in the war as a scandal.
Source: UK to propose Libya ceasefire amid concern over UN’s waning authority
Category: Libya, United Nations, Foreign policy, Politics, Middle East and North Africa, Africa, World news