U.N. proposal to end Libya crisis calls for transitional government, new constitution, polls

By AFP-JIJI, 30 March 2015
UN special envoy Bernardino Leon (left) meets with President of the General National Congress Nuri Abu Sahmein (right) in Tripoli on 24 March 2015 (photo credit: AFP-JIJI)
UN special envoy Bernardino Leon (left) meets with President of the General National Congress Nuri Abu Sahmein (right) in Tripoli on 24 March 2015 (photo credit: AFP-JIJI)
<p>The United Nations unveiled Tuesday a six-point proposal aimed at ending the violence plaguing Libya by establishing a transitional government to rule until a new constitution is adopted and elections held.</p><p>Envoy Bernardino Leon, who has been shepherding peace talks between Libya’s rival parliaments, presented what the U.N. mission (UNSMIL) described as the “basis from which the parties can work” toward a solution.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;">The proposal was delivered at meetings in Tripoli and Tobruk, where the rival parliaments are based.</span></p>
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