Another Conference on Libya? Enforce the Arms Embargo Instead

Sep 9, 2019
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Ben Fishman
Ben Fishman

Ben Fishman is the Steven D. Levy Senior Fellow in the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics at The Washington Institute, where he focuses on North Africa.

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Without a concerted international effort to ground UAVs and halt the flow of weapons, the UN will have minimal leverage to restart the country's long-stalled political transition.

Five months into Libya’s latest civil war, the violence continues unabated. Since Khalifa Haftar launched his attack on Tripoli in April, the war has left more than 1,100 dead and over 100,000 displaced. Meanwhile, the G-7 is calling for a “well-prepared international conference to bring together all the stakeholders and regional actors relevant to this conflict.” If the next conference employs the same strategy as previous ones, however, it will only repeat the same empty promises. For a conference to achieve a concrete result, it should focus on addressing one of the primary causes of the latest civil war: the blatant arming of both sides by outside actors in violation of a long-dormant UN Security Council arms embargo...

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