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Arms’ exports to Libya further fuel the conflict

Despite UN Security Council resolutions that ban arms’ exports to Libya, several countries have violated the embargo by the resolution No.1970 of March 2011.

Over the last years, tens of violations have been documented as reports say there are over 60 million arms’ pieces in Libya, which constitute a huge threat as fighting among warring parties continues in the country.

This issue has been reiterated time and time again by the UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame from calling it a silly joke to saying in his Wednesday briefing that are over 40 arms embargo violation cases in the country, knowing that there are countries that admitted to exporting weapons to Libya and supporting one party over the other; both materially and and politically, especially Turkey.

Although Salame didn’t provide clear evidence of the arms embargo violations in Libya, he shed a much-needed light on a very hazardous peril Libya is facing at the moment and even over the past years. Salame urged the Security Council to fully implement the arms embargo on Libya and to intercept any weapons exports being shipped to the war-torn country.

Likewise, the German and Polish representatives at the Security Council spoke of the same measures days ago and called for doubling up efforts to commit all actors to the Libyan arms embargo as violations of it are fueling the conflict.

Despite conflicting numbers about the arms embargo violations, the spread of mercenaries in Libya and armed groups have become a clear threat to the country, given the inaction of the Security Council and the European Union’s halt of Sophia Operation that was tasked to monitor and limit arms smuggling through waters.

All of such matters have left Libya in a direct challenge with the millions of arms’ pieces that jeopardize the lives and future of civilians.

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