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Supporting stabilization in Libya: the challenges of finalizing and implementing the Skhirat agreement
Libyens Stabilisierung unterstützen: wie weiter nach dem Skhirat-Abkommen?
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Abstract "Representatives of Libya's warring parties are close to reaching a UN-mediated power-sharing agreement that would establish a Government of National Accord (GNA). Assuming it is finalized, the deal will be fragile. Its implementation will be fraught with tensions and can collapse at any moment unde... view more
"Representatives of Libya's warring parties are close to reaching a UN-mediated power-sharing agreement that would establish a Government of National Accord (GNA). Assuming it is finalized, the deal will be fragile. Its implementation will be fraught with tensions and can collapse at any moment under pressure from spoilers. Reaching a final agreement and implementing it will require yet stronger political and diplomatic efforts from external actors. This includes intensive engagement with the parties to the agreement and those who oppose the deal or have been left out of it; carefully wielding the instrument of targeted sanctions; and containing regional rivalries that have fueled Libya's conflicts. International support for implementation should take into account not only the formal demands of a unity government but also wider Libyan sensitivities over external interference. A foreign military presence would undermine the agreement." (Autorenreferat)... view less
Keywords
policy implementation; peacekeeping; power; civil war; imparting of policy; UNO; political actor; stabilization; distribution; international aid; resistance movement; implementation; arbitration; conflict; international agreement; conflict mediation; Libya; domestic policy
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
9 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 36/2015
ISSN
1861-1761
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications