News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

The Canadian Embassy hosted an event under the theme “Advancing Protection, Peace and Development” to celebrate the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. The event, organized in partnership with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and the United Kingdom…

In order to respond to the growing needs of vulnerable displaced women across Libya, UNHCR and UNFPA, with the support of German funding, are currently distributing 8,517 dignity and hygiene kits in 16 different locations in the areas of Tripoli, Misrata, Sabha, Nafusa Mountains, Bani Walid…

Tunis, 30 March 2018 - The Technical Committee of the “Towards National Reconciliation in Libya” project met this week with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Ghassan Salamé and the State Minister for IDP Affairs Youssef Jalala to discuss the safe return of the Tawergha community…

Tunis, 1 April 2018 – From 1 March to 31 March 2018, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 16 civilian casualties – five deaths and 11 injuries – during the conduct of hostilities across Libya, a significant drop from the two previous months. Victims included three men, one…

Tripoli, 7 April 2018 - Libya commemorated the 70th World Health Day (WHD) under the theme “universal Health coverage-everyone, everywhere”, by arranging a joint seminar on the theme of WHD by WHO, MoH, NCDC and the University of Tripoli at Tripoli University Hospital (Tripoli Medical Center). In…

Thank you, Your Excellency, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and thank you for inviting me to this meeting. I thank the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, I salute the ministers in this room, and wish convey to you the greetings of the Secretary-General of the United…

to Security Council’s Informal Experts Group on Women, Peace and Security Friday 13 April 2018 Check Against Delivery Excellencies Ambassadors of Sweden, Peru, and the UK, Co-Chairs of the Security Council’s Informal Experts Group on Women, Peace and Security; Colleagues, Expert-level…

Tunis, 09 to 20 April 2018: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded a ten-day training program to officers from the Libyan Ministry of Agriculture, Animal and Marine Wealth. This program, delivered from 09 to 19 April, focused on communication and data collection…

Tuesday 24 April 2018 – Explosive remnants of war lead to devastating humanitarian consequences, causing injury, death and massive displacement of civilians across Libya. With limited resources, Libyan Security Institutions such as the National Safety Authority and Military Engineers carry out the…

With this contribution, the European Union joins Germany, The Netherlands, France, Italy and Switzerland to bolster Libyan capacities to organise elections and raise participation in electoral processes Tunis, 25 April 2018 – Her Excellency Ms. Bettina Muscheidt, Head of the European Union (EU)…

Tripoli - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and IOM, the UN Migration Agency co-chaired the third Migration Working Group meeting in Tripoli. During the meeting, held on 25 April, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, participants heard the national identified priorities for international…

Libya – IOM, UNICEF and UNHCR are enhancing migrant and refugee child protection measures in Libya. In March 2018, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix identified some 29,370 unaccompanied migrant children in Libya – although the real figure could be much higher. “Unaccompanied and separated children…