UNSMIL Transcripts

Good morning to everybody. We have just finished a new round of talks. And I can tell you that we have now a draft which looks like something very close to a final agreement. Eighty percent of the text in this draft is, let…

13 April 2015 - Precisely we are here today to send a strong message that no more Libyans should be killed; no more Libyans should lose their lives. There must be a possibility for all Libyans to live together... We will get…

We continue to work here in skhirat. As you know, I was out for a few hours in a short trip in which I could visit Tobruk and Tripoli. We had an exchange of views on how to expedite the talks. I had told you, I think in our…

Remarks by Bernardino Leon, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), meeting of representatives of municipal and local councils from a number of towns…

I have called you because in the last few hours we have seen a number of statements coming from personalities in Libya, together with some military movements on the ground, which represent a serious threat which will…

Remarks by Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Bernardino Leon at a news conference with the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs In Skhirat, Morocco, on Saturday 07 March 2015: We will continue working…

4 March 2015 (As delivered) Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Excellencies 1. By now, you would have received the Secretary-General’s Special Report on the Strategic Assessment of the United Nations…

Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Excellencies 1. I am grateful for the opportunity to brief the Council today on the situation in Libya at this critical juncture. 2. Let me begin by expressing my…

"Today we have a continuation, a follow up on a work we started last week ... It is a positive work and good exchange between the participants ... I think we are making a good progress"

The Special representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Bernardino Leon, during a press conference held today in Tripoli. Tuesday, 28 October 2014 Good afternoon. Thank you for being here today. As you know, this is my…

1- "As you may know we have had two meetings already, one in Ghedames where both parties agreed to start a political process, and the recent one in Tripoli. It was the first time after weeks and even months of confrontation…

Tripoli 11 October 2014 We are coming with two essentials messages ... Tripoli for the coming two hours will be today the capital of a united Libya, capital where all Libyans come to ... The second message is legitimacy, this…