- Press Releases
FAO & WFP Joint News Release: FAO & WFP MARK WORLD FOOD DAY IN LIBYA
TRIPOLI/TUNIS, 16 October 2019 – The Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are marking World Food Day with initiatives to strengthen and support Libya’s efforts to…
- Press Releases
Three months after the kidnapping of MP Sergewa, UNSMIL calls for her immediate releases and all victims of enforced disappearance in Libya
TRIPOLI/ 17 October, 2019 - Three months ago, Siham Sergewa, an elected member of the House of Representatives, was seized at night from her home in Benghazi. Since her violent abduction by armed men, Ms. Sergewa’s fate…
- Press Releases
UNSMIL condemns continuous attacks on health sector including field hospitals and health workers; denies accusations of receiving nor sharing field hospitals coordinates
TRIPOLI, 25 October 2019 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemns attacks on all civilian targets including health facilities and medical personnel. The United Nations has documented at least…
Libyan journalists, activists and social media influencers meet in Cairo and agree to combat hate speech
CAIRO/TRIPOLI, 13 November 2019 - A group of leading Libyan journalists, bloggers and social media influencers attended a workshop on “Combating Hate Speech and Ethics of Journalism”, held in Cairo last week. Participants…
- SRSG Briefings to UN Security Council
SRSG Ghassan Salame Briefing to the Security Council - 18 November 2019
Mr. President Members of the Security Council, (VIDEO) - Seven and half months into the conflict in Libya, and given the recent dangerous escalation in the hostilities in and around Tripoli, we find ourselves ever more in a…
- Press Releases
UNSMIL expresses concerns over armed clashes near oil fields, calls for an immediate halt to military operations
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expresses grave concerns over violence at the El-Feel oil field, which threaten the safety of NOC staff and led to shutting off its 75,000-barrels-per-day production…
- Press Releases
SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBYA - 02 December 2019
The Members of the Security Council expressed their deep concern at the recent escalation of violence in Libya. The Members of the Security Council stressed the need for all parties urgently to de-escalate the situation and…
- International and National Days
SRSG Ghassan Salamé Message on Human Rights Day
On 10th December, International Human Rights Day, we commemorate the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), amidst serious violations of human rights in Libya. Human Rights Day provides an…
- Press Releases
UNSMIL expresses concerns over the enforced disappearance of human rights defender and journalist Reda Fhelboom, calls for his immediate release
Tripoli, 16 December 2019 - Reda Fhelboom, a well-known human rights defender and journalist was arrested and detained at Mitiga airport by a Tripoli based armed group on Saturday night, following his arrival from Tunis…
- Press Releases
UNSMIL and OHCHR train Libyan Women Activists on the integration of a gender perspective in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
TUNIS, 17 December 2019 –UNSMIL in collaboration with OHCHR completed a three-day training on the integration of gender into the Universal Periodic Review Process [1]. The training targeted 15 geographically diverse women…
- Press Releases
SRSG Ghassan Salame condemns continued airstrikes causing deaths and injuries among civilians in western Libya
TRIPOLI – 28 December 2019 - The Special Representative of Secretary-General (SRSG) in Libya, Ghassan Salame, strongly condemns repeated airstrikes targeting civilian installations in western Libya, including Al-Zawiya…
- Press Releases
Statement by Mr. Yacoub El Hillo, Deputy Head of UNSMIL, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, on the recent fight escalation in and around Tripoli
TRIPOLI, 03 January 2020 - The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Mr Yacoub El-Hillo strongly condemns the intensified airstrikes and…