Benghazi— The Defense and National Security Committee (DNSC) of the Libyan House of Representatives has strongly condemned the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for signing a Libya-related funding agreement with Qatari government.
The DNSC said in a statement on Monday that it “considers this action a serious violation of the principles of neutrality and professionalism that the Mission must adhere to in its dealings with Libyan affairs.”
This UNSMIL’s action could very much jeopardize its mission in Libya and further tarnish its image among Libyans who already consider it the main reason behind the prolonging of the political crisis in their country.
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Libya and head of UNSMIL Hanna Tetteh said in a post on X that she welcomed the signing of the agreement and alleged that the funding would “contribute to advancing UN efforts to implement the UNSMIL-facilitated Roadmap presented to the Security Council on 21 August 2025.
The DNSC expressed its “complete rejection” of this “blatant interference” in Libya’s national sovereignty, stressing that the UNSMIL’s latest controversial move is an “attempt to internationalize the Libyan crisis through dubious means aimed at imposing foreign agendas that conflict with the interests of the Libyan people and their aspirations for stability and sovereignty.”
UNSMIL has yet to make the terms and conditions of this funding agreement public, so the Libyan people, who are the sole stakeholders of the whole UNMSIL actions in their country, can be fully aware of whether these terms and conditions would serve their own national interest or otherwise.
The DNSC also expresses its astonishment at the involvement of a foreign state in funding a political process that is supposed to be “Libyan-led, Libyan-owned” and warned of unspecified repercussions of such action, which, it said, “threatens the political process and undermines the chances for a genuine solution” in Libya.
The funding agreement was signed in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, by Khaled Al Dosari, Ambassador of the State of Qatar, and Sophie Kemkhadze, UNDP Resident Representative in Libya, claiming that it would support a so-called joint project termed “Assistance to the Political Dialogue and Civic Engagement.”
Meanwhile, the DNSC affirmed its full support for the statement issued by the Prime Minister of the Libyan Government in eastern Libya, Osama Hammad, regarding the cessation of dealings with UNSMIL.
“It calls for a comprehensive review of UNSMIL’s role in Libya, including a demand to reassess its continued presence should it continue to exceed its mandate and show bias towards a political party at the expense of the nation’s interests,” the DNSC concluded.