Williams served as the acting UN envoy in Libya until earlier this year
UN chief names Stephanie Williams as Libya special adviser
The American diplomat, who led talks that resulted in the October 2020 ceasefire deal in Libya, has been appointed as Guterres’ special adviser to support the holding of presidential elections scheduled later this month.
Tuesday 07/12/2021
Williams served as the acting UN envoy in Libya until earlier this year
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed American diplomat Stephanie Williams, who led talks that resulted in the October 2020 ceasefire deal in Libya, to be his special adviser first and foremost to support the holding of presidential elections scheduled later this month.
Her appointment, announced Monday, by UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric follows his November 23 announcement that the UN special envoy for Libya, Jan Kubis, was resigning after 10 months on the job. Dujarric didn’t give a reason but said Geneva-based Kubis didn’t have a falling out with Guterres.
Williams served as the acting UN envoy in Libya until earlier this year and Dujarric said she will return to Tripoli as special adviser “and will start in the coming days.”
He said she will head the UN political mission and also pursue implementation of the intra-Libyan dialogue on political, security and economic issues.