- SRSG Briefings to UN Security Council
Remarks of SRSG Ghassan Salamé to the United Nations Security Council
Thank you Madame president. President, Members of the Security Council, Let me at the outset congratulate the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the Presidency of the Security Council. I brief you today from Tripoli, where I now…
The United Nations and the Government of Libya undertake national consultations on Strategic Framework for 2019-2020 and UNDP, UNFPA and UNICEF Country Programme Documents
Tunis, 23 March 2018 – The Government of Libya and the United Nations discussed new way forward to support Libya in a round of consultations on the United Nations Strategic Framework (UNSF) for the period 2019-2020 and…
UN, Canada and UK mark the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
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…
UNFPA and UNHCR assist more than 8,500 displaced women across Libya
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…
- Press Releases
Reconciliation Technical Committee identifies concrete steps to implement Tawergha Misrata Agreement; UN to play central role
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…
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- Human Rights Report on Civilian Casualties
Human Rights Report on Civilian Casualties - March 2018
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…
World Health Day
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…
- Speeches 01
Address of SRSG for Libya Ghassan Salamé at the Meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 12 April 2018
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…
Briefing Note for the DSRSG/RC/HC, Maria Ribeiro
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…
FAO Provides Training for Libyan Officials in Communication and reporting on SDGs
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…
- Press Releases
UN delivers Explosive Ordnance Disposal equipment to support Libyan authorities in dealing with explosive hazards
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…
The European Union contributes Euro 5 million to enhance electoral capacities in Libya
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 –…