28 May 2015 – A meeting of Mayors and representatives of municipalities from cities and towns from across Libya facilitated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) will convene in Tunis, Tunisia, on 29-30 May 2015 in the framework of the political dialogue to end the country’s crisis.

Participants will be briefed on the developments in the Libyan political dialogue and will discuss other items on the agenda. These include followup on the previous meetings and updates on the confidence-building measures of significance to municipalities and their communities such as humanitarian support in addition to the issue of detainees, the missing and the displaced.

The meeting will take place at the Hotel Carthage Thalasso in Gammarth in Tunis, on Friday 29 May 2015. Media representatives wishing to cover the opening session (0930-11:00 a.m.) are kindly invited to be at the venue at 8:30 a.m.

For further details, please contact:
Samir Ghattas, UNSMIL, +216-97-408-051, ghattass@un.org