Libyan Women Articulate Demands for the Constitution
Cairo, Egypt 04 November 2014 - United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (UN WOMEN) facilitated a…
UNSMIL Studying Supreme Court Ruling, Emphasises Urgent Need for Political Consensus
06 November 2014 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) takes note of the Supreme Court’s ruling, and will be studying it closely. In this regard, UNSMIL is consulting closely with Libyan stakeholders across…
Leon Strongly Condemns Shahat Explosions: We will Continue Our Efforts to End Libya’s Crisis
10 November 2014 - On Sunday 09 November, I embarked on another mission in Libya, to continue the consultations with the Libyan stakeholders on the way forward and how to put the political transition back on track. I met in…
Leon in Tripoli, Meets Libyan Actors to Explore Ideas on Way Forward to Reach Political Consensus
Tripoli, 11 November 2014 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Bernardino Leon traveled to Tripoli on Tuesday 11 November 2014 as part of his efforts to listen to the views of the parties and various…
UNSMIL Condemns Bombings, Calls for Accountability and an End to Violence
Thursday 13 November - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemns the recent violence in eastern and western Libya, including the bombings in Tobruk, Tripoli, Al-Baida and Shahat, as well as the…
Security Council Press Statement on Bomb Attacks in Tripoli
13 November 2014 - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist bomb attacks against the embassies of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in Tripoli, Libya, on 13 November. The members of…
"Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Election" workshop, 17-21 November 2014
Twenty trainers from Libya’s High National Elections Commission participate in a workshop on electoral training delivered by UNSMIL and UNDP, taking place in Tunisia between 17 and 21 November 2014. The workshop employs the…
UNHCR Briefing Notes - 14 November 2014: New displacement in east, south and west of Libya
Geneva, 14.11.2014 - This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today’s Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Intense fighting among rival armed groups in Libya’s eastern towns of Benghazi and…
OHCHR Press Briefing Notes on Libya 14 November 2014
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 14 November 2014 Libya We are alarmed by the escalating violence in Libya with reports of increased human rights abuses…
UNSMIL Announces Humanitarian Truce in Benghazi
19 November 2014 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Bernardino Leon has announced that the different parties to the conflict in…
Electoral Software Review Workshop, UNEST (UNSMIL and UNDP), 18-21 November 2014
The UN Electoral Support Team in Libya (comprised of UN Support Mission in Libya and UN Development Programme) is delivering a technical workshop in Tunisia targeting ten HNEC staff from its candidate nomination and data…
UN Workshop on “ Women and Security–Protecting Women’s Security Against Violence in Conflict Zones"
Zarzis, 24 November 2014 – The Women’s Empowerment Section (WES) of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) organized a five-day pilot workshop on Women and Security–Protecting Women’s Security Against Violence…