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It is not clear how Wednesday’s decision will be implemented. Details of the decision were not yet worked out.

Lawmaker Eissa al-Aribi said the militia members have until Dec. 31 to join the regular forces or to be integrated in other state institutions. Until then, he said, their salaries will be paid. Al-Aribi said violators will face up to three years in prison. Nearly 200,000 people are estimated to be on the government payroll as part of various militias.

Some 102 out of 104 lawmakers in attendance voted in favor of the measure.

The parliament is convening in Libya’s eastern-most city of Tobruk, far from the weekslong militia battle over the international airport in the capital, Tripoli, and clashes in the country’s second-largest city, Benghazi.

The militias filled a void left by weak police and a shattered army. Successive governments have put militias on their payroll in return for maintaining order, but rivalries over control and resources have led to fierce fighting. The militias are divided along regional and ideological lines, with western and eastern militias as well as Islamists and anti-Islamists pitted against each other.

Lawmakers also adopted a resolution asking the Security Council to intervene in the militia violence. It passed with 111 votes in favor from among 124 lawmakers present.

The new parliament is composed of mostly anti-Islamist politicians.

It was not immediately clear how the UN would respond to the Libyan parliament plea but calls for outside help have come from many in Libya. The UN mission in Libya — which evacuated because of the violence — has called on warring parties to stop the violence and hold peace talks.