Following latest clashes in Benghazi, Security Council urges dialogue among Libyans

Security Council President, Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant of the United Kingdom, briefs reporters. UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz Print 21 June 2013 – The United Nations Security Council has renewed its call to Libyans to resolve disagreements peacefully and through dialogue following recent fighting in Benghazi. “The Members of the Security Council expressed deep concern about the recent acts of violence in Benghazi which claimed lives of many people and called upon all Libyans to rally around their legitimate institutions, both civilian and military,” the 15-member Council said in a statement released to the press last night. The Council also “encouraged all Libyans to engage with the political process of