News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

I will start by providing a summary of the high-level ministerial meeting on Libya which was co-chaired by the Secretary-General and the Foreign Minister of Germany. The meeting was attended by Ministers of Foreign Affairs and senior representatives from Member States and regional organizations that…

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for participating in this meeting. I would like to thank Germany for co-chairing this meeting with the United Nations and for its leadership demonstrated through the Berlin process. Resolving the crisis in Libya remains a top priority for the United…

Tripoli 10 October 2020 - Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Stephanie Williams is pleased to announce the resumption of inclusive intra-Libyan talks, based on Security Council resolution 2510 (2020), which endorsed the…

Tripoli, 13 October 2020, The UN Support Mission in Libya welcomes the 11 October appointment of five women judges who will work in two new specialised courts in Benghazi and Tripoli dedicated to hearing cases of violence against women and children. The establishment of these two courts, coupled…

Tripoli, 15 October - UNSMIL welcomes yesterday’s arrest of Abd Al-Rahman Milad, commonly known as ‘al-Bija’ by GNA law enforcement agencies. Mr Milad has been on the UN Security Council’s Sanctions Committee list since June 2018 for his involvement in human trafficking and fuel smuggling. He was…

Tripoli 16 October 2020 - As part of Libyan Political Dialogue Forum process, based on the principles of social and political inclusivity, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Stephanie Williams has been holding a series of meetings with mayors from the South, West and…

TRIPOLI, 16 October 2020 - Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (ASRSG) for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Stephanie Williams completed an official visit to Moscow yesterday where she discussed the situation in Libya with Russian officials. ASRSG…

Geneva, 19 October 2020 - The fourth round of the Libyan (5+5) Joint Military Commission (JMC) talks began this morning at the Palais des Nations in Geneva with the presence and participation of the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (ASRSG) and Head of the…

After two days of the first face-to-face direct talks between the two Libyan delegations to the 5+5 Joint Military Commission, which have been marked by a great degree of patriotism and professionalism and insistence on maintaining Libya’s unity and defending the country’s sovereignty, I am pleased…

As part of its efforts to ensure full participation of youth and other components in the process of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) organized on Sunday, 18 October 2020, the first virtual meeting of the Libyan Youth Track that brought…

Tripoli, 22 October 2020, UNSMIL deplores the recent unlawful arrest of the Head of the Libyan Media Corporation, Mr Mohamed Omar Baaio. The Mission calls for his immediate and unconditional release. Mr Baaio was arrested on 20 October along with his two sons and the newly appointed head of…

Palais des Nations, Geneva, 21 October Acting Special Representative: Good morning. After two days of the first face-to-face direct talks between the two Libyan delegations to the 5+5 Joint Military Commission, these talks which have been marked by a great degree of patriotism and professionalism…