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Security Council Briefing on the Situation in Libya, Remarks by Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on…

TRIPOLI, 30 August 2022 - Today, on the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the United National Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expresses its solidarity with the countless victims of enforced…

TRIPOLI, 30 August 2022 - Today, on the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the United National Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expresses its solidarity with the countless victims of enforced…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal as his Special Representative for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). He…

The results of the United Nation’s work in Libya during the last year are highlighted in the newly released report of the UN in Libya’s Results for 2021.  The report details the collective efforts of the UN Support Mission in…

TRIPOLI, 14 October 2022 – I arrived in Tripoli today to assume my functions as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). I will lead the…

(As Delivered) Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, It is a great honour for me to brief you for the first time since I assumed my functions as Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head…

15 November 2022, Sebha – A United Nations delegation, led by the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Libya, traveled to Sebha Monday to meet with southern government officials, tribal notables, academics…

(As Delivered) Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council on recent developments in Libya. Since my last briefing to this Council on 24 October, I have…

UNSMIL is alarmed by reports that more than 70 inmates at Mitiga Central Prison are on a hunger strike. Inmates have been striking since October, protesting the prolonged arbitrary detention of many inmates, conditions of…

During his first few weeks in Libya, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Abdoulaye Bathily made it a priority to sit down with civil society representatives, in particular with women from various backgrounds, to…

TRIPOLI 23 November 2022 – This week another child tragically lost his life when he found and played with a grenade that was left behind by the warring parties in the conflict. His two brothers, standing near him, were…