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

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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