News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and thank you for joining the session at short notice. Before starting, please join me in observing a minute of silence to remember and pay tribute Omar Ghaith Garmil our colleague and our friend who very sadly passed away in Morocco earlier this week. My heart is…

15 December 2020 - On 14-15 December 2020, With the generous support of the Government of Switzerland, UNSMIL’s Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Stephanie Williams, together with the co-chairs of the Economic Working Group, the USA, EU and Egypt, convened a meeting of…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) applauds the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Libya for the decision taken in this morning’s long-awaited meeting to unify the exchange rate, as an important and much needed step towards alleviating the suffering of the Libyan people and…

17 December 2020 - Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Libya (ASRSG) Stephanie Williams convened today a virtual meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) which resulted in the establishment of the LPDF Legal Committee, as well as discussion…

18 December 2020 - UNSMIL condemns the recent threats made by armed groups against the National Oil Corporation (NOC) and its subsidiary, the Brega Petroleum Marketing Company based in Tripoli. The NOC is and must remain a unified, independent, and apolitical institution that works for the benefit…

2 1 December 2020 – The Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (ASRSG) of the United Nations in Libya, Stephanie Williams launched today, in a virtual meeting, the Legal Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF). In her opening remarks, ASRSG Williams addressed the…

22 December 2020 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) congratulates the citizens of Ar-Rajban and Al-Zawiya Al-Gharbia on the conduct of peaceful and democratic municipal council elections on 21 December 2020. “I commend the civic responsibility of the citizens who exercised their…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Raisedon Zenenga of Zimbabwe as Assistant Secretary-General and Mission Coordinator of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). This position is established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2542…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Georgette Gagnon of Canada as his new Assistant Secretary-General, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya. Ms. Gagnon succeeds Yacoub el Hillo of Sudan, who will complete his assignment on 5…

24 December 2020 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) congratulates all Libyans inside the country and in the diaspora on the 69th anniversary of Libya's Independence Day. Libyans celebrate this national occasion today with one year to go before national elections planned on 24…

Thank you for joining me today and once again for your patience meeting on Zoom. I would like to congratulate you again on marking Libya’s Independence Day on the 24 th of December and that is now an ever more important date, given that it marks one-year to national elections, which you agreed in…

Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General Stephanie Williams is pleased to announce the establishment of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s Advisory Committee and is grateful to the LPDF members for their active and constructive participation. UNSMIL received a total of 28…