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26 August 2015 - Representatives of Libyan women groups and women activists, from diverse backgrounds representing all areas of Libya, concluded a three-day meeting in the framework of the political dialogue with the aim of ending the conflict in the country. The meeting, which convened in Tunis…

Skhirat, Morocco, Friday 28 August 2015 - We have finished the morning session. We will continue to work in the afternoon. We are working in good spirits. This is a transition meeting, as you know we are planning to have more meetings in the following days.But it is not one more meeting, I would…

Skhirat, Morocco, 28 August 2015 – Building on the immense progress made in the search for peace in Libya, a new round of political dialogue facilitated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) convened on 27-28 August in Skhirat, Morocco. Discussions focused on the way forward with…

31 August 2015 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Bernardino Leon, will hold consultations on Tuesday 01 September 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey, with representatives of the General National Congress to discuss ways to move forward the Dialogue process with a view to…

Istanbul, Turkey, 02 September 2015 - “We have just finished meeting with some representatives of the GNC. It has been a very frank and very open discussion. We have been discussing the different elements, different remarks, different comments - in some cases differences - and the possibilities or…

Libyan political dialogue convened on 03-04 September 2015 at the UN Office at Geneva to advance the process to bring an end to Libya's political and military conflict. Over two days, SRSG for Libya Bernardino Leon held a series of meetings with different participants. All the invited parties took…

Transcript of a media stakeout by Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Mr. Bernardino León, at the Political Dialogue round in Geneva Geneva, 4 September 2015 (Near verbatim transcript) SRSG: Hello. Good…

Remarks by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Bernardino Leon, to the media at the opening of a round of political dialogue in Skhirat, Morocco, on Thursday 10 September 2015: Leon: we are starting a new round of talks in this Libya process, which we hopefully will be the…

The Misrata / Tawergha Joint Committee met in Tunis, Tunisia, on 09-11 September 2015 under the auspices of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), on the basis of previously reached agreements. Participants studied the victims' file as part of the strategy to resolve the issue of…

12 September 2015 - The Libyan political dialogue taking place in Skhirat, Morocco, with the aim to resolve Libya's political and military conflict is in full swing. SRSG Bernardino Leon has met in the last two days with a wide array of participants, including teams from the House of Representatives…

Excerpts from Special Representatives of the Secretary-General for Libya Bernardino Leon’s press conference in Skhirat, Morocco, 13 September 2015 After long hours of discussions, we have reached what we consider is a consensus on the main elements. We are going to distribute the text to the parties…