News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

TRIPOLI – Deputy Special Representative for the Secretary-General and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Aeneas Chuma chaired a meeting with the Tripoli Center Outreach Committee Monday to discuss de-escalation efforts in Tripoli. These leaders, who has contributed to brokering and sustaining the…

TRIPOLI – A group of fifteen young women and men joined mediation experts on Wednesday in a skills-building workshop on conflict resolution. During the discussions about what can cause disputes, participants indicated that self- interest among the major actors in Libya is the primary factor in the…

Berlin, 20 June 2025 1. On June 20, 2025, the International Follow-up Committee on Libya, co-chaired by SRSG and Head of UNSMIL, Hanna Tetteh, and Ambassador Christian Buck, convened at Senior Official level in Berlin, in support of the implementation of a Libyan-led and Libyan-owned political…

TRIPOLI – Libyan journalists, participating in the second Basirah workshop with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), detailed the online and real-life violence they face, with some recounting serious attacks. The workshop, attended by 25 journalists, focused on online abuse, understanding…

TRIPOLI – In a youth consultation with young women from across Libya on Sunday, UNSMIL discussed the recommendations of the Advisory Committee (AC) and what they wanted to see as the future political direction of the country. The twenty-six young women, from the east, south and west of the country…

Thank you very much Madam President, excellencies members of council, and the distinguished permanent representatives of Libya. Your Excellency, and if I may also wish all the female members of the council, and all of the diplomats there, a Happy International Women in Diplomacy Day. I wish to take…

TRIPOLI – Special Representative of the Secretary-General Hanna Tetteh met with twenty-eight representatives from the south at UNSMIL's premises in Tripoli. The meeting aimed to gather their views on the Advisory Committee's recommendations as part of the Mission's ongoing public consultations . The…

TRIPOLI – Special Representative of the Secretary-General Hanna Tetteh received over 20 women civil society activists, academics, lawyers and municipal council members from Tripoli, Tarhouna, Misratah, Sabratha, Rigdalin, Sirte, Zawiya, Zuwara as well as Sabha, Murzuq and Ghat. This consultation…

TRIPOLI - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) affirms its uncompromising respect for the right of all citizens to demonstrate peacefully and to express their views freely. Direct engagement with the Libyan people is a cornerstone of our work, and we are always prepared to meet…

TRIPOLI – The United Nations in Libya is now accepting applications for the third cohort of its annual Ra’idat training programme which opens at midnight 1 July. Young Libyan women aged 18-30 are invited to apply between 1 and 15 July to join the programme, with applications from women from all…

TRIPOLI – As part of its series of dedicated youth consultations, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General – Political, Stephanie Koury, held an online consultation on Sunday with fifty-seven young men and women from across the country to discuss their ideas on the next steps in the…

TRIPOLI – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) hosted yesterday a meeting for the Mine Action implementing partners, bringing together 22 participants, including national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The meeting, co-organized by the Libyan Mine Action…