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24 Feb 2020 - Geneva, 24 February 2020 - The second round of the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission (JMC) talks to reach a lasting ceasefire and to restore security to civilian areas concluded on 23 February at the Palace of Nations in Geneva. The talks took place in the presence of and with the participation of the Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Ghassan Salame. -
19 Feb 2020 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) hopes to resume the second round of talks of the Libyan Joint Military Commission (5+5), while expressing its strong and renewed condemnation of the bombing of Tripoli’s seaport yesterday by the Libyan National Army, which resulted in a number of casualties and could have led to a real disaster had the vessel transporting liquefied gas been hit. -
UN Photo/Manuel Elias: A wide view of the UN Security Council chamber as members vote to adopt resolution 2510 on Libya.
13 Feb 2020 - TRIPOLI - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the adoption by the Security Council of Resolution 2510 (2020), which: endorses the Conclusions of the International Conference on Libya held in Berlin; affirms the need for a lasting ceasefire; demands full compliance by all Member States with the arms embargo; and, expresses unequivocal support for SRSG Ghassan Salame and the ongoing UNS -
12 Feb 2020 - TRIPOLI - The United Nations in Libya regrets that its regular flights, which transport its staff to and from Libya, are not granted permission by the LNA to land in Libya. This practice has been repeated on several occasions in the past weeks. -
11 Feb 2020 -TRIPOLI, 11 February - On 9 and 10 February, 28 Libyan economic experts gathered in Cairo for the second round of talks of the Libyan Economic and Financial Track, one of the three intra-Libyan tracks UNSMIL is organizing - along with the military and political tracks - and endorsed by the International Conference on Libya held in Berlin, on 19 January 2020. -
08 Feb 2020 - GENEVA, 08 February 2020 - The first round of talks of the Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC), which had started on Monday 3 February 2020, concluded this afternoon at the Palais des Nations (Geneva) in the presence of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Dr. Ghassan Salamé. -
06 Feb 2020 - Tripoli – 2020. UNSMIL condemns the destruction of the Zawit Bin Issa, Sufi shrine in the city of Sirte on 5 February 2020 and the reported arrest of a number of Sufis in Sirte. UNSMIL recalls that the incidents appear to violate the right to freedom of religion or belief and the right not to be subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention. -
03 Feb 2020 - Geneva, 3 February 2020 - The 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission is starting its meeting under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva today. -
27 Jan 2020 - TRIPOLI/GENEVA (27January 2020) –In a new report on the July 2019 airstrikes in Libya that killed at least 53 migrants and refugees at the Tajoura detention centre – one of the deadliest incidents since a new round of hostilities broke out in April 2019 – the UN has renewed its call on all parties to the conflict to conduct independent, impartial and thorough investigations to ensure accountability for violations of international law. -
25 Jan 2020 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) deeply regrets the continued blatant violations of the arms embargo in Libya, even after the commitments made in this regard by concerned countries during the International Conference on Libya in Berlin, held on 19 January 2020.
