Tripoli, 6 February 2013- The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the decision of the General National Congress today on the formation of a constituent assembly to draft the new Libyan constitution.

A multimedia exhibit showing Libya's transition on the long road to democracy after a violent conflict opened at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday 29 January 2013.

The UN Support Mission in Libya visits Libya's desert South discovering unrealized potentials in a remote region buffeted by tensions and ethnic politics.