News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

2 November 2015 - Today we remember the journalists and media workers who have been killed in the line of duty. More than 700 journalists have been killed in the last decade -- one every five days -- simply for bringing news and information to the public. Many perish in the conflicts they cover so…

UNSMIL Calls on Libyan Political Stakeholders to Redouble Efforts to Reach Agreement to Form Government of National Accord 2 November 2015 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) calls on the main political stakeholders in Libya to redouble their efforts in bringing the Libyan…

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya Calls for the Immediate Release of Abducted Humanitarian Workers, Warns It Compromises Aid Delivery to Southern Libya 03 November 2015 - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Ali Al-Za’tari, condemns the continued abduction in southern Libya of…

New York, 4 November 2015 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Martin Kobler of Germany as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Mr. Kobler will succeed Bernardino León of Spain, to whom the Secretary…

(As Delivered) Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, 1. Since the High Level Meeting on Libya which took place on the margins of the General Assembly on 2 October, UNSMIL convened what should have been a final round of talks in Skhirat, Morocco to facilitate Libyan deliberations on…

05 November 2015 - The Joint Misrata / Tawergha Dialogue Committee met in Tunis on 20-31 October and in Geneva on 1-5 November 2015 with the facilitation of UNSMIL’s Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Rule of Law Division. The Joint Committee, with the assistance of international experts…

5 November 2015: Seventeen Libyan participants successfully completed a three-week-long humanitarian emergency response training course for explosive ordnance disposal on 5 November 2015. This humanitarian emergency response training course was intended to enhance the capacity of Libyan explosive…

07 November 2015 - SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBYA The members of the Security Council expressed their concern over Libya's ongoing political, security and institutional crises and the rising threat of terrorism. The members of the Security Council stressed that the Political Agreement for…

07 November 2015, Montreux, Geneva - Forty Libyan women from diverse backgrounds from inside and outside Libya are currently gathering in Montreux to reflect on their aspirations for peace and their role and contribution to building a new Libya. “Libya for me is the face of my father whom I have not…

11 November 2015 - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Ali Al-Za’tari, welcomes the release of two Libyan humanitarian workers affiliated with aid agencies and expresses gratitude to all those who assisted in securing their freedom after five months in captivity. Mohamed al-Monsef…

On 10 November 2015, Libyan women participants in the Libyan Women Action Plan for Peace presented their unified vision to the international community at a conference at the United Nations Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Libyan women outlined their agenda for peace and stated seven crucial issues…