"He expressed his concern that, despite the efforts of a majority of Libyan leaders to seat this government, a small group of spoilers prevented a formal vote that would have endorsed the Cabinet," the statement said.
Western diplomats have insisted the only option for uniting Libya and defeating militancy is a plan for a political transition negotiated by the United Nations and signed in December with limited Libyan support.
But they have looked on with growing exasperation as Libya`s eastern House of Representatives rejected one proposed unity government and repeatedly failed to vote on a revised lineup.
"The country needs to move ahead now, or risk division and collapse," Kobler told the U.N. Security Council this week.
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