UNSMIL News

TRIPOLI – 14 July 2023 – The importance of sustainable development as a pathway to elections was emphasized today at a high-level event to mark the first six months of the implementation of UN Sustainable Development…

TRIPOLI, 10 July 2023 - The Security Council, in its resolution 2656 (2022) adopted on 28 October 2022, urged the Libyan institutions and key stakeholders “to agree on a roadmap to deliver elections as soon as possible across…

TRIPOLI, 08 July 2023 - UNSMIL welcomes the decision announced by the Presidential Council to establish a High Financial Oversight Committee to address fundamental issues of transparency in the spending of public funds and…

TRIPOLI – After the 6+6 Committee of the House of Representatives and High Council of State announced the completion of its draft electoral laws on 6 June, SRSG Abdoulaye Bathily initiated a series of meetings with political…

Tripoli – DSRSG Raisedon Zenenga today met with representatives from 17 Libyan political parties and associations, representing the majority of parties across the geographic and political spectrum. The meeting is one of many…

Sebha – Deputy Special Representative, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Georgette Gagnon led a UN inter-agency mission to Sebha Sunday to review progress on United Nations’ peacebuilding and sustainable development…

TRIPOLI – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya today co-chaired with Türkiye the first plenary session of the Security Working Group of the Berlin Process International Follow-Up Committee on Libyan…

TRIPOLI – 22 May 2023 – More than 100 members of civil society organizations and the Arab Network of Electoral Management Bodies participated in a regional conference organized by the High National Elections Commission (HNEC)…

TRIPOLI – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, today stressed the need “to work together to ensure centrality of human rights throughout all stages of the…

Tripoli – 3 May 2023 – To recognize the critical work by Libyan partners to clear mines and explosive remnants of war across Libya, representatives of the Government of National Unity, the Libyan Mine Action Centre, UNICEF…

Tripoli — As Libya moves toward establishing electoral laws, female members of the High Council of State and the House of Representatives have agreed to work together to advocate for greater women’s representation in the…

TRIPOLI – 30 April 2023 – As a young man Khaled Alwadawi picked up the remnants of a rocket that had landed near his house in Misrata and took it to the local police station. He had no idea of the risks this posed to his life…