Media Advisory: Media briefing on Child Rights and Child Justice 16 December - 2013
Incorporation of Child Rights and & Child Justice into the curriculum of the Judiciary, Police and Social Work Concluding meeting WHAT: A joint press briefing, held by the Ministry of Social Affairs in Libya and UNICEF to…
Media Invitation to a News Conference by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya on 17/12/2013
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) will hold a news conference on Tuesday 17 December 2013 to discuss the latest developments, including the briefing of Special Representative of the Secretary-General for…
For a safer libya: UN, Libyan and International Partners Destroy 50 Tonnes of Ammunition
MISRATA – The preparations took months, the final drag a few hours and in a matter of a few minutes 50 tonnes of explosives went up in smoke, destroyed in two controlled detonations and ridding Libya of dangerous, unstable…
Statement by the President of the Security Council on the situation in Libya
At the 7083rd meeting of the Security Council, held on 16 December 2013, in connection with the Council’s consideration of the item entitled “The situation in Libya”, the President of the Security Council made the following…
UNSMIL and Prison Directors - A Discussion on How to Improve Libyan Prisons
Holding a chart in one hand and a microphone in another, the moderator turned to the audience and asked: “I want to fix the water system. I want to improve the visitors’ rooms. What to do? That’s why a Development Section is…
UN Special Representative Mitri Address to Forum on "Human Rights in Constitutions" 18 December 2013
Special Representative of the Secretary General Tarek Mitri addresses a forum on human rights organized by the Human Rights Committee of the General National Congress and UNSMIL (Iason Athanasiadis/UNSMIL) First Vice…
Libyans have an Opportunity to Include Human Rights in Constitution
Ali Elakermi has earned for himself the label of Libya’s second longest-serving prisoner of opinion, having spent about 30 years in Gadhafi regime prisons. Nearly three years after the 2011 revolution that toppled the…
Press release: 4th Consultative Meeting of Libyan Political Forces Convenes
Tripoli, 22 December 2013 - The fourth consultative meeting of leaders of Libyan political parties and various groups of the General National Congress as well as some independent personalities and others with wide expertise…
Inaccurate Reports on UN Guard Unit
Some media reports published following the adoption by the UN Security Council of its Presidential Statement on the situation in Libya on 16 December are inaccurate, specifically on the matter of allocating a UN Guard Unit to…
Training Workshop for Women Candidates to the Constitution Drafting Assembly - 28-30 December 2013
The Women Empowerment Section of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is organizing a training workshop for women candidates to the…