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Members of a Libyan committee met in Tunis on Sunday to discuss implementing an agreement aimed at holding national elections, according to the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).
The meeting brought together four representatives from the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity and four from the eastern-based General Command. It was chaired by UN Special Representative for Libya Hanna Tetteh.
In a statement, UNSMIL said the participants reaffirmed their commitment to the agreement and to advancing elections that reflect Libyans’ aspirations for stability and prosperity under unified and legitimate institutions.
Agreement sets 24-month election framework
The committee, known as the 4+4 committee, signed the agreement on Aug. 30 at the UN mission headquarters in Tripoli. The deal provides for elections to be held within 24 months.
At Sunday’s session, members reviewed positions expressed by Libyan and international actors, including support from the UN Security Council and the House of Representatives based in Benghazi. They also agreed to continue consultations with other Libyan parties to widen backing for the agreement.
UNSMIL described the meeting as the ninth session of the smaller dialogue committee and the first since the parties agreed to reconstitute the national elections commission and amend electoral laws. A follow-up meeting is planned for the first week of October.
Political division remains unresolved
The committee has held UN-sponsored talks since April as part of efforts to break Libya’s political deadlock and advance the UN roadmap, particularly on holding elections and unifying the executive authority.
Libya’s House of Representatives unanimously approved the election agreement during a formal session last Monday. The High Council of State has not formally announced its position, although its head, Mohammed Takala, has rejected the deal.
Tetteh announced during a briefing to the UN Security Council on April 22 that she had been engaging with a smaller group of Libyan actors.
In August 2025, she presented a roadmap built around three priorities: establishing a technically sound and politically acceptable framework for presidential and parliamentary elections, unifying state institutions through a new government, and launching a structured dialogue involving a broad range of Libyan groups.
The UN-led process seeks to move Libya towards elections and resolve the political division between the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and controlling western Libya, and the government of Osama Hammad. Hammad was appointed by the House of Representatives in early 2022 and is based in Benghazi, administering the east and much of the south.
Libyans hope long-delayed elections will end years of political and armed conflict and conclude the succession of transitional periods that followed the 2011 overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
