News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

18 March 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemns the latest military attack on Zintan airport. Coming against the backdrop of repeated United Nations and international community calls for all parties to take no action that would risk escalating tensions at a…

UNSMIL Condemns Attacks on Airports, Urges Military De-escalation and Focus on Combating Terrorism

19 March 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemns the military attack the morning of Thursday 19 March 2015 on Mitiga Airport in Tripoli. This latest attack is risking sparking an escalation that threatens to undermine the ongoing political dialogue process at a time when…

19 March 2015 - A round of Libyan political dialogue, facilitated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and hosted by Morocco, will convene on Friday 20 March 2015. The invited participants arrived in the Moroccan city of Skhirat on Thursday evening 19 March 2015. The participants…

20 March 2015 - All delegations are here. All delegations were given as you remember a few days to prepare this round, which we have told them we expect it be the decisive round. In the last days we have seen more fighting, airstrikes, more actions by Daesh not only Libya but also in the region all…

I have called you because in the last few hours we have seen a number of statements coming from personalities in Libya, together with some military movements on the ground, which represent a serious threat which will condition this dialogue. The United Nations wants to call on both the political…

Watch: Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Bernardino Leon, addresses the media before talks resume on Saturday 21 March 2015 in the city of Skhirat, Morocco, regarding the effect that military operations taking place in Libya could have on the Libyan political dialogue. “We…

It’s not a secret that we need to expedite these talks. You can imagine that the international community and the United Nations are really very concerned about these attacks and this military escalation. The United Nations is insisting in expediting the talks. We will try to add to the two elements…

Brussels, 23 March 2015 - Representatives of municipal and local councils from a number of towns and cities from across Libya gather today in Brussels, Belgium, to continue the work on confidence-building measures that were agreed on in an earlier session in Geneva to support the main Libyan…

Remarks by Bernardino Leon, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), meeting of representatives of municipal and local councils from a number of towns and cities from across Libya who are who are ghathered today in Brussels…

Monday, 23 March 2015 - Leon: For these mayors, it is very difficult to be here today, many of them live in areas that have been bombed … many of people say you cannot go there, you cannot talk to these people, they are our enemies and they are all here saying yes we have to talk to them and we have…

24 March 2015 - After weeks of discussions with all the parties and in light of the deteriorating military situation that threatens with further escalation as progress is made in the political dialogue, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Bernardino Leon visited both Tobruk and…