INDIA, March 21 -- Predicting that the "days ahead will prove foundational to the years ahead for Libyans and the region", the top United Nations official in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday, that it was no exaggeration to describe the oil-rich nation as having reached "a crucial juncture".
Special Representative and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Ghassan Salame, told Council members via videoconference from Tripoli, that the mission was working to both "prevent recent developments and tensions on the ground from escalating", and "pivot to stability and a political compact" which would end the country's crisis.
For most of the period since the 2011 overthrow of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi, the Med...