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Libya
Stephanie Williams picked to advise Guterres, but who will replace Kubis at UNSMIL?

Stephanie Williams, shortly to be appointed temporary UN special adviser for Libya. © Martial Trezzini/EPA

With UN Special Envoy for Libya Jan Kubis stepping down on 10 December, negotiations to find a successor are escalating in New York. Antonio Guterres has appointed Kubis' predecessor Stephanie Wiliams as his special adviser to take over in the meantime. [...]

Published on 07/12/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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