UNMAS delivers specialized equipment for Device Scene Incident Management to Libyan Forensic Police
TRIPOLI - The Libyan Forensic Police of the GNA Ministry of Interior received four sets of specialized equipment for Device Scene Incident Management (DSIM) for effective incident management, funded by the Government of…
Statement of Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya on repeated attacks on Mitiga airport
Tripoli, 4 August 2019 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya Ghassan Salame condemns the repeated indiscriminate shelling targeting Mitiga airport, the only…
United Nations Support Mission Statement on Airstrikes and Communal Violence in Murzuq
Tripoli, 05 August 2019 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is extremely concerned by reports on the continuation of acts of violence in Murzuq, including of a number of airstrikes last night which resulted…
Security Council Press Statement on Libya
05 August 2019 - The Members of the Security Council reaffirmed the messages set out in the Council’s press statement of 5 July 2019, in particular the call on all parties to commit to a ceasefire and rapidly to return to a…
UNSMIL Statement on the Continued Enforced Disappearance of House of Representative Member Siham Sergawa
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is deeply concerned at the continued enforced disappearance of House of Representatives lawmaker Siham Sergawa. Ms. Sergawa was brutally abducted from her home in Benghazi…
UNSMIL Statement on Truce Proposed on the Occasion of Eid al-Adha
Following its call for a humanitarian truce on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) received a response from the Government of National Accord declaring its agreement to the truce…
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Ghassan Salame Statement on the Explosion in Benghazi
10 August 2019 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Ghassan Salame condemns in the strongest possible terms the explosion that took place today, 10 August, in front of a shopping mall in the eastern…
UNSMIL Statement on Agreement to Humanitarian Truce on the Occasion of Eid
10 August 2019 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the agreement by concerned parties to the principle of humanitarian truce on the occasion of Eid al-Adha and calls for its terms to be respected…
Security Council Press Statement on Libya
The Members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on a UN Convoy on 10 August 2019 in Benghazi. Those behind the attack should be identified and held accountable. The Members of the Security…
UNSMIL Statement on the Implementation of a Humanitarian Truce on Eid al-Adha
Tripoli, 14 August 2019 - Following the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) call upon the parties on 8 August to express their commitment to a humanitarian truce on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the mission…
SRSG Ghassan Salame strongly condemns Attacks against health facilities and workers
Since the beginning of the offensive on Tripoli in early April, more than 37 attacks have been registered against health workers and facilities, including hospitals, field hospitals and civilian and military ambulances. These…
UNSMIL deplores the ever-increasing attacks on Airports available for use by civilians in Western Libya
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) deplores the ever-increasing and systemic attacks on airports in western Libya, including Zuwara and Mitiga. These attacks have endangered the lives of thousands of…