Press releases

  • Photo: Students skip rope in a playground at a school in Janzour, east of Tripoli, Libya, February 2017. UNICEF/Romenzi;

    Libya: Situation of Water and Sanitation Facilities in Schools
    14 Aug 2017 - Tunis, 14 August 2017 - During the first quarter of 2017, UNCIEF in partnership with the National Centre for Disease Control and the Ministry of Education conducted an in-depth assessment of the quality of water and sanitation facilities in 140 schools in west, east and south of Libya.
  • Peace depends on the participation of young people - Statement by UNFPA Libya on International Youth Day
    12 Aug 2017 - UNFPA Acting Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, reiterates on the International Youth Day that young people have the potential to act as greater forces for positive social change and to build the foundation for a just and peaceful world. Today’s generation of youth has come of age in an era of crisis, conflict and disaster. Yet, it has largely been excluded from national and global efforts to prevent and resolve conflicts.

  • UNICEF Regional Director's visit to a Child Friendly Space in the Municipality of Janzour in Tripoli, Libya. The CFS is implemented by Al Nahla Organization, a UNICEF national partner since 2015 who provide psychosocial support for vulnerable children displaced by the conflict to Janzour.

    UNSMIL/Libya 2017/ Abel KAVANAGH

    More than half a million children in Libya need humanitarian assistance
    10 Aug 2017 - Statement from UNICEF Regional Director, Geert Cappelaere, following his first visit to the country
  • Warm Reception for UN Special Representative Ghassan Salame in al-Qubbah and al-Bayda
    06 Aug 2017 - Al- Qubbah, 6 August, 2017 -  On his second day in Libya, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Ghassan Salame met with the Libyan House of Representatives’ President Agila Saleh in his residence in al-Qubbah. 
  • UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya concerned about humanitarian access to Derna
    06 Aug 2017 - The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Maria Ribeiro, expresses concerns over reports of severe shortages of basic necessities, including life saving medical supplies due to the conflict in Derna. This is has a negative impact on people’s health and wellbeing and, if prolonged, would lead to serious humanitarian conditions.
  • UN Special Representative Ghassan Salame arrives to a warm welcome in Tripoli
    05 Aug 2017 - Tripoli, 5 August 2017 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Ghassan Salame arrived in Tripoli today and met with President Faiez al-Sarraj, Presidency Council (PC) members and the Head of the High Council of State, Abdulrahman al-Sweihli.
  • Libya Remains Top Priority for UN Migration Agency: DG Swing in Tripoli
    04 Aug 2017 - Tripoli – IOM Director General William Lacy Swing returned to Tripoli earlier this week, where he reiterated that Libya remains IOM’s top priority. In what was his second visit to Libya this year, Ambassador Swing along with Vincent Houver, IOM’s Deputy Director of the Department of Operations and Emergencies, Othman Belbeisi, IOM’s Chief of Mission in Libya and other IOM Libya staff met with the Prime Minister Fayez al Serraj. 
  • IOM assists 138 stranded migrants return home in first charter flight to Ghana
    30 Jul 2017 - Tunis – On 27 July, IOM organized its first charter flight to Ghana. The flight which departed from Tripoli’s Mitiga airport provided return assistance home for 138 stranded migrants – 135 men and 3 women as well as one medical case.
  • Security Council Press Statement on Libya
    27 Jul 2017 - The members of the Security Council welcome recent efforts to strengthen an inclusive political dialogue among all Libyans, supported by Libya’s neighbours, international partners and regional organizations within the framework of the Libyan Political Agreement endorsed by UN Security Council Resolution 2259.
  • Bridging the Gap in Victim Assistance - UNMAS press release
    27 Jul 2017 - TUNIS – 27 July, 2017: On 27 and 28 July, Libyan authorities and civil society organisations, UN entities and other stakeholders have gathered to discuss gaps and opportunities in victim assistance (VA) during the Workshop on Victim Assistance in the Context of Landmines, Cluster Munitions and Other Explosive Remnants of War in Libya.

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