News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

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 elections will be held on 7 July 2012. "This is an important step in Libya…

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 and other unarmed civilians have been among those killed, injured and…

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 candidates for the National Congress elections. Under the slogan of "My Voice For…

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 Transitional Council, Chairman and members of the High National Election…

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 towards a new democratic State, for which they sacrificed so much. SRSG Martin…

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 to win the right of the Libyan people to build a new state founded on…

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 democracy after a popular revolution swept away last year the brutal…

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 democratic transition. The members of the Security Council congratulate the…

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 spirit. On 7 July, that spirit was displayed in a manner which deeply…

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, the role of the United Nations in Libya and challenges the country faces…

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya (SRSG) Ian Martin welcomes the peaceful transfer of authority from the National Transitional Council to the newly elected National Congress. "I warmly congratulate the Libyans on this peaceful and democratic transfer of power, which is not…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Ian Martin, on 14 August 2012 visited a support centre in Tripoli where families of the missing during the conflict can come and receive support, exchange experiences or take part in a variety of activities. The support centre, set up by…