
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), briefs the Security Council on the situation in that country.
UN Photo / Paulo Filgueiras
- SRSG Briefings to UN Security Council
Breifing by the Special Representative of the Secretary General Ian Martin to the Security Council
SRSG breifing - Meeting of the Security Council, 10 May 2012 Mr. President, Libya is approaching a key moment in its democratic transition. On 1 May, registration of voters opened for the election of a National Congress - the…
UNSMIL SRSG Praises Successful Conclusion of Voter Registration, Benghazi Vote
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Mr. Ian Martin, welcomes the successful conclusion on 21 May of the voter registration process for the…
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Welcomes Election Date
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Mr. Ian Martin, welcomes the announcement by the High National Election Commission that the National Congress…
United Nations Special Representative in Libya Urges End of Fighting in Kufra and Shaqiqa Areas
Tripoli, 17 June 2012- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya (SRSG) Ian Martin expresses his concerns about the recent resumption of fighting in a number of Libyan localities, in which children, women…
SRSG Address at the Launching of Awareness Campaign to Support Women Candidates - 25 June 2012
The Libyan Women Union and Maan Nabneeha Movement, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office in Libya, on Monday 25 June 2012 launched a nationwide awareness campaign to support women…
SRSG Ian Martin Address at the Opening of HNEC Media Center
3 July 2012 - Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Libya, Ian Martin, Address at the Opening of HNEC Media Center. Prime Minister and Ministers of the Interim Government, Members of the National…
UN Special Representative for Libya Calls for Peaceful Elections - 6 July 2012
On the eve of the elections to the National Congress, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya (SRSG) Ian Martin congratulates the Libyan people on this historic milestone in their country's transition…
Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Elections in Libya
The Secretary-General warmly congratulates the Libyan people on the occasion of the country's first election in nearly half a century. Last year, thousands of Libyans sacrificed their lives or suffered lasting injury in order…
UN Assistance to Libya's Landmark Elections
The United Nations was assisting Libya as it held, on 7 July, its first free election in 47 years. The nationwide balloting to elect a Libyan National Congress was a key step in the country's transition from dictatorship to…

Statement to the press by the President of the Security Council - 10 July 2012
The members of the Security Council welcome the holding on 7 July 2012 of the first national elections in Libya in nearly half a century. The members of the Security Council consider the elections a milestone for Libya's…

Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), briefs the Security Council on the situation in that country.
UN Photo / JC McIlwaine
- SRSG Briefings to UN Security Council
Briefing by Mr Ian Martin SRSG for Libya - Meeting of the Security Council 18 July 2012
Mr President, When I briefed the Council for the first time after Libya's Declaration of Liberation, last October, I said that its people may seek from us lessons in the detail of democracy, but they can offer lessons in its…

- Press encounter
Interview with Ian Martin, Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Libya
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Ian Martin, in an interview with the UN News Centre at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 6 August 2012, speaks about Libya's first elections in over 40 years…