UNSMIL Calls for Cessation of Hostilities in Libya

13 Jul 2014

UNSMIL Calls for Cessation of Hostilities in Libya

Tripoli, 13 July 2014 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) calls for a cessation of hostilities in Tripoli, Benghazi and throughout Libya. Libyan authorities, political forces and armed groups are called upon to put an end to the plight of the civilians.

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya reiterates its longstanding call to refrain from the use of force to achieve political objectives and reaffirms the necessity of political dialogue as a means to achieve national concord and agreement on the priorities of building state institutions grounded in the rule of law.