UNSMIL News

After two days of the first face-to-face direct talks between the two Libyan delegations to the 5+5 Joint Military Commission, which have been marked by a great degree of patriotism and professionalism and insistence on…

As part of its efforts to ensure full participation of youth and other components in the process of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) organized on Sunday, 18…

Tripoli, 13 October 2020, The UN Support Mission in Libya welcomes the 11 October appointment of five women judges who will work in two new specialised courts in Benghazi and Tripoli dedicated to hearing cases of violence…

I will start by providing a summary of the high-level ministerial meeting on Libya which was co-chaired by the Secretary-General and the Foreign Minister of Germany. The meeting was attended by Ministers of Foreign Affairs…

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for participating in this meeting. I would like to thank Germany for co-chairing this meeting with the United Nations and for its leadership demonstrated through the Berlin…

Mr. President ( Ambassador Abdou Abarry of Niger), Excellencies, Allow me to congratulate Niger for assuming the presidency of the Security Council during the month of September and for giving me the opportunity to brief this…

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) releases its second quarter civilian casualty report for 2020. The data shows an increase in civilian casualties from the armed conflict in Libya. UNSMIL renews its call for all…

ALGIERS, 19 July 2020 - In a meeting yesterday in Algiers President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Acting SRSG/Head of UNSMIL Stephanie Williams discussed the crisis in Libya. The…

Security Sector Reform (SSR) and Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) efforts in Libya were the focus of a virtual meeting held on Saturday 11 July 2020 between a UNSMIL delegation headed by Acting Special…

[As delivered] Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Minister Maas, let me begin by thanking you and the German presidency for the opportunity to update the Council on the situation in Libya, in this expanded format. This…

Tripoli, 07 June 2020 - The tragedy that has beset Libya for more than a year has proven, beyond any doubt, that any war among Libyans is a losing war. There can be no real victor, only heavy losses for the nation and its…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Let me open with best wishes to our Muslim colleagues on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. Allow me also to congratulate Estonia for its Presidency of the Security…