UNSMIL News

Tripoli 29 March, 2012 - The United Nation Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the securing of the cease-fire brokered locally last night in Sabha. Reports from the Sabha Medical Center indicate that the fighting over…

New York, 13 March 2012, The Secretary-General believes the report and recommendations of theInternational Commission of Inquiry on Libya provide a strong basisfor the Libyan authorities to address human rights issues in…

The top United Nations official in Libya visited East Libya on a three-day trip ending Monday to assess how the region's conflict-affected cities – some of them still littered with mines and unexploded missiles – are…

New York, 17 February 2012 - Today, Libyans are within reach of a democratic future which one year ago seemed only a distant dream. In the year ahead, the United Nations stands ready to lend its utmost support to Libyan…

UNSMIL has expressed its serious concerns to the authorities about an incident involving attacks against Tawerga IDPs on the morning of 6 February at the IDP camp at Janzur Marine Academy, near Tripoli. Based on direct…

The Special Representative of the Secretary General for Libya (SRSG) Mr. Ian Martin visited Sirte on 8 February 2012, where he met with the local council, the military council, and members of civil society, among others. "I…

25 January 2012 - Briefing by Mr Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, at the c. Click here or on title to read the text in a new window.

Tripoli, 27 December 2011 – United Nations envoy to Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Mr. Ian Martin continued his series of visits to Libyan towns and areas. On Saturday, he visited Al…

During a one day visit to Al-Zawiya, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ian Martin met with members of the Local, Military, and Shura Councils, in addition to the Union of Revolutionaries, civil…

Libya, Tripoli - 11 November 201 1: Representatives of the National Transitional Council, representatives of the Tripoli Local Council, ladies and gentlemen, organizers and volunteers, i

New York, 31 October 2011: The Security Council calls upon the Libyan authorities to take all necessary steps to prevent the proliferation of all arms and related materiel of all types to ensure their proper custody, as well…

New York, 26 October 2011: Last Sunday, I had the great privilege of representing the Secretary-General at Libya's Declaration of Liberation in Benghazi, the city where the popular movement had begun on February 17 this year…