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Foundation head sees "silphium" For Research and Studies, Jamal Shallouf said that the Security Council will not vote on the issue of Bathili’s appointment, because the session scheduled for today concerns Yemen.
and clear location "Sky News Arabia"that Guterres He proposed to the members of the Security Council last Wednesday a name "Bathili" in the form that "In the event of an objection, the appointment decision will be suspended"But until Sunday evening, no one objected, and to this: "It is possible to assign him a decision today or tomorrow, or on August 24, when a session is held regarding Libya".
On what was reported about the refusal of the outgoing Libyan government, led by Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, to appoint the Senegalese candidate, Shallouf says that: "Her opinion was neglected as she was a party to the conflict in the country"following: "Guterres only cared about the opinion of the 15 members of the Security Council, and as of Sunday he had received no objection".
Even countries that had positions in previous stages against the nomination of some names, such as Russia, did not express any opposition to the appointment Bathili; Because Moscow supports the appointment of an African as the UN envoy to Libya, according to Shallouf.
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya has been suffering since December 2021 from a leadership vacuum after the sudden resignation of its former Slovak president. Jan KubisAfter the failure of the Libyan elections, which were scheduled for December 24, Guterres sent Stephanie Williams to carry out his previous American diplomatic duties in the capacity of Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Libya, until her mission ended at the end of July.
The dispute between Moscow and Washington over the appropriate personality prevented the appointment of a new head of the UN mission; Where Washington was inclined to officially entrust the task to Stephanie Williams and prolong its presence in Libya, while Moscow protested, accusing the latter of aligning with the Western agenda.
envoy from Africa
The nomination of Senegalese Bathili came in response to Guterres’ repeated demands from African countries to assign a candidate from the continent who enjoys the support of the African Union, who blames the United Nations on marginalizing the African role in the political process in Libya.
Those who occupied the position during the previous years came from either European or Arab-Asian countries, in addition to the arrival of UN advisor Stephanie Williams from the United States.
Bathili previously held the position of Chairman of the Inspection Committee of the United Nations Mission in Libya last year, and also held the position of Special Envoy of the Secretary-General in Africa, in addition to many other tasks of the international organization, the last of which was his work as an independent expert in the affairs of the region.
According to the Libyan political researcher, Muhammad Qashout, the Security Council no longer has many options, either to settle the file of choosing the head of the United Nations mission to Libya, or to cancel the mission and its entire mission.
This is due to reasons, including that the intensity of the dispute within the Security Council prevented the selection of the new envoy, after the priority of the Libyan file declined, in favor of other files on the international scene, such as the Ukraine war, the energy crisis, grain and supply chains.
In the event that Abdullah Bathili is appointed head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, he will be the eighth envoy since the mission was established in 2011, and preceded him. Slovakian Jan Kubisthe Lebanese Ghassan Salameh, the German Martin Kobler, the Spanish Bernardino Leon, the Lebanese Tariq Mitri, the British Ian Martin, and the Jordanian Abdul Ilah Al-Khatib.
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The head of the Silvium Foundation for Research and Studies, Jamal Shallouf, believes that the Security Council will not vote on the issue of Bathili’s appointment, because the session scheduled for today concerns Yemen.
He explained to “Sky News Arabia”, that Guterres Last Wednesday, he proposed to the members of the Security Council the name “Batheli” in the form that “in the event of an objection, the appointment decision will be suspended.” session on Libya.
On what was reported about the refusal of the outgoing Libyan government, led by Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba, to appoint the Senegalese candidate, Shallouf says that “its opinion was neglected as it is a party to the conflict in the country,” adding: “Guterres only cared about the opinion of the fifteen members of the Security Council, and until Sunday it did not receives an objection.
Even countries that had positions in previous stages against the nomination of some names, such as Russia, did not express any opposition to the appointment Bathili; Because Moscow supports the appointment of an African as the UN envoy to Libya, according to Shallouf.
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya has been suffering since December 2021 from a leadership vacuum after the sudden resignation of its former Slovak president. Jan KubisAfter the failure of the Libyan elections, which were scheduled for December 24, Guterres sent Stephanie Williams to carry out his previous American diplomatic duties in the capacity of Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Libya, until her mission ended at the end of July.
The dispute between Moscow and Washington over the appropriate personality prevented the appointment of a new head of the UN mission; Where Washington was inclined to officially entrust the task to Stephanie Williams and prolong its presence in Libya, while Moscow protested, accusing the latter of aligning with the Western agenda.
envoy from Africa
The nomination of Senegalese Bathili came in response to Guterres’ repeated demands from African countries to assign a candidate from the continent who enjoys the support of the African Union, who blames the United Nations on marginalizing the African role in the political process in Libya.
Those who occupied the position during the previous years came from either European or Arab-Asian countries, in addition to the arrival of UN advisor Stephanie Williams from the United States.
Bathili previously held the position of Chairman of the Inspection Committee of the United Nations Mission in Libya last year, and also held the position of Special Envoy of the Secretary-General in Africa, in addition to many other tasks of the international organization, the last of which was his work as an independent expert in the affairs of the region.
According to the Libyan political researcher, Muhammad Qashout, the Security Council no longer has many options, either to settle the file of choosing the head of the United Nations mission to Libya, or to cancel the mission and its entire mission.
This is due to reasons, including that the intensity of the dispute within the Security Council prevented the selection of the new envoy, after the priority of the Libyan file declined, in favor of other files on the international scene, such as the Ukraine war, the energy crisis, grain and supply chains.
In the event that Abdullah Bathili is appointed head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, he will be the eighth envoy since the mission was established in 2011, and preceded him. Slovakian Jan Kubisthe Lebanese Ghassan Salameh, the German Martin Kobler, the Spanish Bernardino Leon, the Lebanese Tariq Mitri, the British Ian Martin, and the Jordanian Abdul Ilah Al-Khatib.