Tripoli, 15 April 2013 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) alerts the media and social network users in Libya and abroad of a Facebook Page that introduces itself as "Security Council/Libya Branch/The Office of Fighting Crime" and falsely uses the name of a major organ of the United Nations and the UN logo.

The content of this Facebook Page which it attributes to the United Nations is fabricated and the reports it carries are totally baseless and unfounded.

Media are encouraged to contact UNSMIL's Public Information and Communication Office in Tripoli to enquire about news reports relating to the United Nations in Libya to ensure the validity and credibility of such reports prior to publishing it in order to avoid having such baseless statements mislead the public opinion.

UNSMIL would like to point out that its activities and any other information relating to the Mission are available in the Arabic and English languages on the following platforms:

Website: http://unsmil.unmissions.org
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/unsmil
Twitter: www.Twitter.com/UNSMILibya
YouTube: www.Youtube.com/unsmilpics

For further media enquiries, you can contact Ms. Radhia Achouri, Director of Public Information and Communication (+218 92 307 0209, email: achouri@un.org ), and Senior Public Information Officer, and Senior Public Information Officer Mr. Samir F. Ghattas (+218 91 222 0086, email: ghattass@un.org).