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…

Security Council Briefing, 27 August 2014 Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNSMIL, Tarek Mitri Mr. President, 1. In recent days, armed confrontations, which are both the cause and the result of deep…

(Check against delivery) Mr. President, Esteemed Members of the Security Council, 1. There is a continuing sense of concern, among the Libyan people regarding the prospect of a protracted conflict. The crisis which has…

(Check against delivery) Mr. President, 1. When I last briefed this Council just over a month ago, I spoke of the precariousness of the security situation in Libya. Regrettably, this continues to be true today. Discontent as…

Mr. President, 1. On 8 June, Benghazi witnessed a tragic event, with a considerable loss of life, the greatest in east Libya since the Revolution. What started as a peaceful demonstration outside the barracks of an armed…

(As Delivered) Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, 1. I am pleased to be briefing you for the first time in my capacity as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya. I will take this…

Mr President, When I briefed the Council for the first time after Libya's Declaration of Liberation, last October, I said that its people may seek from us lessons in the detail of democracy, but they can offer lessons in its…