Press releases

  • 24 Apr 2015 - Enabled through UNESCO’s Regional Programmes that promote an enabling environment for freedom of expression, on Thursday 23 April 2015, twenty-six Libyan journalists celebrated their completion of an intensive communication and English skills training course at the British Council in Tunis to build their speaking and writing skills.
  • 24 Apr 2015 - Zarzis, Tunisia, 21 April 2015 – UNICEF launched ‘Together for Children’, a national campaign with municipalities in Libya.
  • 21 Apr 2015 - 21 April 2015 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Bernardino Leon, strongly condemns the terrorist bombing against the Spanish Embassy in Tripoli.
  • 21 Apr 2015 - 21 April 2015 – A meeting of representatives of Libyan women groups and women activists, in the framework of the political dialogue with the aim of ending the conflict in the country, commenced Tuesday 21 April 2015 in Tunis, Tunisia. The two-day meeting of Libyan Women dialogue track is facilitated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), with the support of the European Union.
  • 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.

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