News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Thank you very much. It is really a pleasure to be here today and to have my first meeting with you… I would like first to express my most profound condolences after what happened in the fight between Misrata and Daesh. Many people killed, many mothers have lost their sons, this demonstrates how…

CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP LIBYA: RAPID MULTI-SECTORAL CITY PROFILING AND MONITORING SYSTEM UN-Habitat, UNFPA 12-13 May 2016 – Tunis – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) organized a consultative workshop with a team of Libyan experts…

Libya – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) organized a Technical workshop and coordination meeting for Libyan partners on saving lives of migrants at sea on 24-25 May in Tunis.The third of its kind ( report), the workshop…

24 May 2016 – Twenty four electoral staff from Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) completed today a workshop on Logistical support in electoral operations administered by the UN Electoral Support Team to Libya, which brings together resources from UNSMIL and the United Nations…

Twenty representatives of Libyan women groups and women activists, from diverse backgrounds representing all areas of Libya gathered in Monastir, Tunisia to attend a three-day training workshop, from 25 to 27 May 2016, on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women and peace and security. The…

Tunis, 27 May 2016 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, says that the ‘National Harmony’ initiative presented by the group of House of Representatives members from southern Libya, is a positive step…

Stabilization Facility for Libya Endorses Benghazi, Obari and Kikla for a Quick Assessment The Stabilization Facility for Libya Project Board met this morning in Tunis under the leadership of HE Dr. Taher Al-Jehaimi, Minister of Planning and Mr. Ali Al-Za’tari, the Deputy SRSG and UNDP Resident…

29 May 2016 - Humanitarian Coordinator and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Ali Al-Za’tari strongly condemns the rocket shelling of the Benghazi Medical Centre (BMC).The BMC is the city's main health centre and has come under random rocket fire several times in the…

Tunis, 31 May 2016 - Thirty leading figures from southern Libyan, representing various national and local institutions, gathered yesterday in the Tunisia capital to attend a three-day round-table, from 30 May to 01 June, to discuss the region’s major challenges and the way forward. The round-table…

Tunis, 1 June 2016 – From 1 May to 31 May 2016, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 70 civilian casualties, including 24 deaths and 46 injuries, during the conduct of hostilities across Libya. Victims included 7 children killed and 5 injured, 12 men killed and 10 injured…

UNFPA, The United Nations Population Fund (Libya Office) organized a workshop on "Strengthening the status of women and their participation in the Libyan society", from 14 to 16 May in collaboration with the National Council for Economic and Social Development,The Forum for the Empowerment of Woman…

Madrid, Spain – 1 June 2016 – Building on the achievements of previous meetings and the recent elaboration of the Code of Ethics for Libyan Journalists and Media Professionals in a Time of Crisis, a three-day workshop examining the direction of reform in the Libyan media sector has commenced today…