Press releases

  • 19 Apr 2015 - 19 April 2015 – A meeting of representatives of Libyan women groups and women activists facilitated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), with the support of the European Union, will convene in Tunis, Tunisia, on 21-22 April 2015 in the framework of the political dialogue.
  • 18 Apr 2015 - Skhirat, Morocco - 18 April 2015 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Bernardino Leon has strongly condemned the renewed outbreak of violence in different neighbourhoods of the Libyan capital that caused many casualties and endangered the lives of civilians.
  • 15 Apr 2015 - Skhirat, Morocco on 15 April 2015 - Hello to everybody. Hello to all the journalists. It is a pleasure to see you again. And as in previous occasions, we are looking forward to working with you in a good spirit of cooperation. Thanks for your patience. Thanks for being ready to spend some time with us.
  • 15 Apr 2015 - Djerba, Tunisia - 15 April 2015 - This week, from 12 to 16 April, the UN Electoral Support Team, which brings together resources from both the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP), is mounting a five-day BRIDGE workshop on gender and elections targeting 23 participants drawn from Libya’s High National Elections Commission and Libyan civil society.
  • 14 Apr 2015 - Algiers, Algeria 14 April 2015 - A second meeting of Libyan political parties and activists, facilitated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), concluded its deliberations today in the Algerian capital by reiterating the commitment to the political dialogue as the only option to resolve the crisis in Libya, and by supporting all efforts in this regard.
  • 02 Apr 2015 - 02 April 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya strongly condemns the air strikes conducted on Zintan airport in recent days. These repeated attacks endanger the civilian population as well as civilian installations, and they seriously undermine the ongoing dialogue efforts to find a solution to the Libyan crisis.
  • 31 Mar 2015 - 31 March 2015 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the ceasefire and the withdrawal of forces from the Sidra Oil Crescent area. The move follows weeks of mediation efforts by UNSMIL between the Sunrise (Alshuruq) Operation and the Oil Installation Guard forces and relying on the goodwill of the parties to end the conflict.
  • 27 Mar 2015 - "We believe that this week we have made very important progress in our talks. So far, the agreement of the participants was on two points – that there is no military solution for Libya, and that we should agree on national unity government and security arrangements to begin with, and then tackle other issues.
  • 24 Mar 2015 - 24 March 2015 - Representatives of municipal and local councils from a number of towns and cities from across Libya gathered in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday 23 March 2015 for a two-day meeting convened by UNSMIL and generously hosted by the European Union.
  • 23 Mar 2015 - Monday, 23 March 2015 - Leon: For these mayors, it is very difficult to be here today, many of them live in areas that have been bombed … many of people say you cannot go there, you cannot talk to these people, they are our enemies and they are all here saying yes we have to talk to them and we have to find solution for our problems, this way, although its true that we have five track, we are dealing with tribal leaders, leaders of political parties and the militias leaders a

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