The UN Security Council (UNSC) voted unanimously in favor of a UK-drafted resolution to counter illicit oil exports and smuggling from Libya on 14 April. The vote, taken during a special session on Libya, comes after a UN report found that private Libyan company Arkenu has been diverting oil revenues away from the CBL to offshore bank accounts benefiting armed groups (MEES, 17 April).
The UNSC says that Resolution 2819 of 2026 authorizes member states “to inspect on the high seas vessels designated by the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee as being involved in the illicit export of petroleum from the country, and for the Committee to impose measures on such vessels, including denial of port entry, prohibition of servicing and related financial transactions, and the return of illicit cargoes to Libya.” (CONTINUED - 226 WORDS)
