UN draft resolution would not lift Libya arms embargo, despite government's plea for aid
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The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a draft resolution on Libya that would not lift an arms embargo that the country's Western-recognized government says is hurting efforts to defend itself against the rise of the Islamic State group.
The draft resolution obtained by The Associated Press instead urges a U.N. sanctions committee on Libya to "consider expeditiously" the government's requests for exemptions to the arms embargo.
Libya and neighboring Egypt last month urgently requested international aid after a video of the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians announced the presence of Islamic State group supporters in the chaotic country.
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But council members worry that weapons will leak to the multiple armed groups in Libya, which has split into two governments, one supported by Islamic extremists.