News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

As you know we have distributed new proposal last night, it is still early to assess how it is going to work but I can tell as an early reaction from some of the participants, not all of them we still need more time to discuss with all of them, but there is a general sense of hope, I would say even…

This is a collective effort. If we are here today if we have made some progress it is thanks for the support that the international community. And I would like to enhance today the crucial role of Germany. There are two very important dynamics that are starting here today that we didn't have in the…

Participants to the Libyan political dialogue meet with representatives of the Governments of China, France, Germany, Italy, the Russian Federation, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States of America as well as of the EU in Berlin, today 10 June 2015, in the presence of the Special…

12 June 2015 – The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya expresses deep concern about the continued abduction in Libya of three aid workers affiliated with UN agencies and calls for their immediate and unconditional release. The coordinator is also concerned about the impact of this…

14 June 2015 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Bernardino Leon, strongly condemns the storming of the Tunisian Consulate in the Libyan capital of Tripoli by an armed group and the seizure of 10 staff…

Tunis, Tunisia: The United Nations Mine Actions Service (UNMAS) and Arms and Ammunition Advisory Section (AAAS) of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) have celebrated an Awards and Graduation Ceremony for the successful 19 Libyan participants, who completed the four-week Capacity…

Tunis- The Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in collaboration with the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), recently conducted two workshops on internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Libya response. The workshops were held in Zarzis, Tunisia, and included participants from across Libya…

Tunis - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in collaboration with LibAid and implementing partner CESVI, has completed distribution of non-food items (NFI’s) to IDP families that have taken refuge in schools in Benghazi, Libya’s second largest city. Numerous newly displaced families with no alternative…

The members of the Security Council emphasized the urgency for the Libyan parties to agree on a Government of National Accord and, in this context, welcomed the meeting of the participants of the Libyan Political Dialogue in Morocco on 8-9 June to discuss the fourth draft of the Political Agreement…

Misrata, 22 June 2015 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Bernardino Leon, met in Misrata on Monday 22 June 2015 with representatives of armed groups from the city, the Western Mountain and other areas of…

Skhirat, Morocco, 25 June 2015 - “We have just started this meeting, which the Libyans first of all and everybody in the region are expecting, really us, what we expect to be the last round, the final round of talks. We are getting closer to a solution. Obviously, the fact that all the participants…