UN System in Libya and Republic of Korea Commit to strengthen the Humanitarian Assistance to Libya
Republic of Korea contributes 1.18 million for humanitarian assistance in Libya Tunis, Tunisia 28 January 2015 – The Korean Government has contributed USD 1.18 million to support the humanitarian assistance to Libya. The…
Mayors, Council Reps to Work Together to Improve Residents' Conditions, Support Political Process
Geneva, 29 January 2015 - Representatives of municipal and local councils from a number of towns and cities from across Libya concluded two days of UN-facilitated talks in Geneva on Thursday 29 January 2015 confident that…
UNSMIL Strongly Condemns Renewed Oil Crescent Attack, Calls for Immediate Disengagement of Forces
04 February 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemns the attack carried out by armed groups operating under the Alshuruq Operation in the Oil Crescent area on Tuesday 03 February 2015…
UNICEF - Psychosocial Support for Libyan Children Begins
Tunis, 4 February 2015 – UNICEF and Taher Azzawi Charity Organization signed an agreement to provide psychosocial support for 800 internally displaced families in Tripoli, Libya. “UNICEF partnership with the Libyan civil…
Video - Libyan Women Meeting for the Dialogue and Peace
Click here to read the statement issued about this meeting on 20 January 2015, which includes the concluding statement.
UNSMIL: Political Dialogue Round to Convene in Libya This Week
09 February 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is facilitating a meeting of Libyan political dialogue to end the country’s political and security crisis. The meeting will take place in Libya later…
Briefing Notes by the Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Libya
We are publishing today a report*, which will be formally presented to the Human Rights Council in March, describing the situation of human rights in Libya during 2014. It paints a bleak picture of increasing turmoil and…
UN Radio - Bernardino Leon: All Main Libyan Parties are Participating in this Political Process
The situation on the ground can be described through many different ways, most of the Libyans I believe are pushing us and their political representatives and militias to negotiate. A minority, but a noisy minority and people…
Political Dialogue Convenes in Ghedames with All Parties Attending; Discussions to Continue in Days
Ghedames, Libya - 11 February 2015 - A political dialogue round facilitated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) convened in the City of Ghedames on Wednesday 11 February 2015. For the first time, all…
UNSMIL Strongly Condemns Killing of Egyptians, Urges Libyans to Prevent Terrorists from Taking Hold
15 February 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemns the killing of Egyptian nationals in Libya at the hands of ISIS terrorists. This terrorist crime against these guest workers from…
Security Council Press Statement on Murder of 21 Egyptians
15 February 2015 - The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the heinous and cowardly apparent murder in Libya of twenty-one Egyptian Coptic Christians by an affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant…
UN Photo / Loey Felipe
- SRSG Briefings to UN Security Council
Statement by SRSG for Libya Bernardino Leon to the Security Council as delivered on 18 February 2015
Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Excellencies 1. I am grateful for the opportunity to brief the Council today on the situation in Libya at this critical juncture. 2. Let me begin by expressing my…