News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

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 Libya Mr. Tarek Mitri to the UN Security Council several days ago as well as…

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 explosive remnants of war that pose a serious threat to public safety. These…

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 statement on behalf of the Council: “The Security Council reaffirms its…

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 needed. I want to even purchase ink for a printer, who to ask? That’s why a…

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 President of the General National Congress, President of the Human Rights…

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 dictatorship, Elakermi is a determined human rights campaigner who bluntly says…

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 on constitutional matters convened in Tripoli on Saturday 21 December 2013…

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 UNSMIL.The UK Permanent representative to the UN did not say as some media…

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 Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) on essential skill for debates as well as…

The Ministry of Social Affairs, in partnership with UNICEF, and 1Libya will, on Sunday 12th January 2014, hold a Press Conference to announce the selection and winning of a Libyan participant, Ghada Benyaala, in the OneminuteJr Awards ceremony in The Netherlands in November 2013. For the first time…

Tripoli, 18 January 2014 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expresses deep concern about the continuing violence in the city of Sabha which has resulted in the loss of life and property. The Mission calls for the immediate end to the armed clashes and supports efforts to restore…