News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Tunis, 1 May 2016 – From 1 April to 30 April 2016, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 47 civilian casualties, including 33 deaths and 14 injuries, during the conduct of hostilities across Libya. Victims included 2 children injured, 18 men killed and 5 injured, 4 women…

3 May 2015 – The third of May of every year, the world celebrates the World Press Freedom Day. This is day, is a very important day for Libya, a country of journalists and bloggers who played a key role during the 2011 revolution and continue to do so. On this occasion, the United Nations applauds…

Amman, Jordan - 29 April 2016 - Building on recommendations from two preparatory meetings 19-25 April that examined conflict-sensitive approaches, Libyan journalists, with UNESCO facilitation, have proposed a code of ethics outlining common standards for Libyan journalists to apply when reporting…

03 May 2016 - Humanitarian Coordinator and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Ali Al-Za’tari expresses deep regret about the death of three children and the injury of another on Monday in Benghazi. The four children are reported to be from the Biju family and to have…

Midwives: health heroes for women, adolescent girls and newborns On this day, the United Nations Population Fund, Libya office, salutes the contribution of the Libyan midwives and the caring mothers who have worked to save the lives of women, girls and newborn babies, under very difficult…

Tunis, 5 May 2016 – The international humanitarian community is stepping up its support to southern Libya’s only neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU), after the deaths of twelve newborn babies over the past month.“Libya’s collapsing health system has claimed more precious lives,” said Deputy Special…

Standing up for humanity: our only choice Cairo, 5 May 2016 - Millions of people in the Middle East and North Africa are enduring intolerable human suffering. Widespread violence, conflict and extremism in Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Syria and Yemen are creating immense humanitarian needs, with the…

07 May 2016 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Martin Kobler strongly condemns the attack on demonstrators in al-Kish Square in Benghazi in the afternoon of 6 May. According to UNSMIL's information, four people…

12 May 2016, Tunis - The first Board meeting of the Stabilization Facility for Libya was held today in Tunis. The meeting was co-chaired by the Prime Minister HE Faiez Al-Serraj, the Deputy Prime Minister HE Fathi Al-Mejbari and the UNSMIL Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for…

Tunis, 13 May – Key UNESCO partners joined with the Organization to approve a new action plan to address emergency and short term interventions for the safeguarding of Libya’s cultural heritage following a three-day international expert meeting in the Tunisian capital this week.Organized with the…

We welcome the presence of Prime Minister al-Sarraj and commend his leadership in guiding Libya’s institutions through seating the government in Tripoli, a turning point in the Libyan political process.We express our strong support for the Libyan people in maintaining the unity of Libya. We reaffirm…