“Not an easy task,” said Bernardino Leon, the United Nations envoy to Libya, as he announced plans to form a national unity government in the country.<br /><br /> Both sides must accept the deal, which aims to end the ongoing conflict between Tripoli’s self-declared rulers and the internationally-recognised government in the east. <br /><br /> Leon said a list of candidates had been put forward for the unity government.<br /><br /> “The options were not infinite and perfection maybe was not a possibility, but I think that it is a quite reasonably good list of names, politicians, personalities that will do their best I’m sure to take their country out of this crisis,” he announced.<br /><br /> The proposal follows months of negotiations. But it faces resistance from Libya Dawn, the Islamist-backed group in control of Tripoli since August 2014. Its parliament, known as the GNC (General National Congress) has not put forward candidates for the unity government. <br /><br /> The UN deal does include GNC members as well as Mussa al-Kouni,
