UN hails Libyan agreement to move toward elections

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UNITED NATIONS , United States: The UN Security Council on Tuesday hailed an agreement reached by Libya’s rival political groups that paves the way for elections to be held within two years. The UN-backed deal, signed in the capital Tripoli on August 30, was hailed as a step toward holding much-delayed national elections in the deeply divided country. Jerome Bonnafont, France’s permanent representative to the United Nations, who is presiding over the Security Council this month, called the a