A fighter loyal to Libya's U.N.-backed government (GNA) gestures during a clash with forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar at the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya May 21, 2019.
REUTERS | Goran Tomasevic
Violations of an arms embargo in Libya have become a joke and it is imperative that those who breach it are held to account, a senior U.N. official said on Sunday.
"The arms embargo has become a become a joke, we all really need to step up here," U.N. Deputy Special Representative to Libya Stephanie Williams told a news conference in Munich.
"It's complicated because there are violations by land, sea and air, but it needs to be monitored and there needs to be accountability."