The European Council’s formal conclusions following its meeting on Monday 16 March confirm that the EU will introduce, “in full coordination” with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2174, sanctions against those who “threaten the peace, stability or security in Libya, or who undermine its political transition”. The Council emphasises for a “decisive breakthrough” in the UN-facilitated political dialogue, describing Libya as being “at a crossroads”, and calls on “all regional actors and neighbours of Libya…
In its meeting today, the EU Foreign Affairs Council (“FAC”) decided to “step up, as a matter of urgency, its external action on countering terrorism in particular in the Mediterranean, the Middle East, including Yemen, and North Africa, in particular also Libya, and the Sahel” in response to the recent terrorist attacks in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In the formal conclusions of the meeting, the FAC reiterated the EU’s “strong support to relevant resolutions of…
On 6 February 2015, the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”) warned of unspecified “further steps” if the Shia Houthi rebels who have taken power in Yemen do not return to UN-led negotiations on a democratic transition. Members of the UNSC said they were “gravely concerned” and called on the Houthi rebels “in the strongest terms” to abide by the agreements providing for a Yemeni-led democratic transition. The UNSC also called for the immediate release of…