(VOVworld) – On Wednesday the UN Envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler, urged a rapid, complete handover of power to a unity government that arrived in Tripoli a week ago, and warned that the fragile peace in the city may not hold if the new government is unable to deliver. Kobler also called on Libya's internationally-recognized eastern parliament to hold a long-sought vote on whether to approve the UN-backed Government of National Accord, warning that the parliament risked being sidelined if it failed to do so.

The State Council, part of a UN brokered political agreement, holds a meeting to elect their Head of Council in Tripoli, Libya, April 6, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)

Khalifa Ghwell, head of the government currently controlling Tripoli, asked his ministers not to leave their offices. Ghwell’s call went against his government’s announcement a day earlier, backed by several ministers, that it was willing to hand over power.