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Hanna Tetteh

Hanna Tetteh

Ghanaian barrister and diplomat

Jun 23, 2026

2:09
And UNSMIL, just explain what UNSMIL is.
2:13
UNSMIL is the United Nations Support Mission in Libya.
2:17
It's a political mission.
2:18
It is...
2:20
To some extent, it, uh, also has a Chapter VII mandate, which means that we have some direct influence over the Libyan political process.
2:30
But of course, as is the case with every UN initiative, we try as much as possible to make sure that it is the country and the citizens themselves who are given leadership and agency.
2:42
And we use the tools at our disposal only when we have to, when it seems that the situation is deadlocked and there's no other way of proceeding other than engaging the Security Council and then letting them support us to take some actions to move the conversations along.

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15:23
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