07 Mar 2017 - 7 March 2017 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, condemns the military escalation in Libya’s Oil Crescent region which jeopardizes the political process and risks igniting wider...
15 Feb 2017 - The Special Representative of the Secretary General for Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, reiterates his full support to the Libyan Political Agreement and its institutions and warns Libyan actors against seeking to achieve political...
08 Feb 2017 - “2017: The Year of Decisions”
Mr President, Distinguished members of the Council,
Firstly, I would like to congratulate Ukraine for presiding over the council this month.
Mr President,
More than one year has passed since the signing of the Libyan Political Agreement in Skhirat...
07 Jan 2017 - In a first for Libya, solar power panels have been installed at the Abu Sleem Accidents and Emergency hospital in the capital Tripoli to offer steady electricity for the hospital’s Intensive Care unit.Similar installations will be offered to three other...
14 Nov 2016 - Tunis, 14 November 2016 - UNICEF together with senior officials from the Ministry of Local Government and the Delegation of the European Union held a workshop in Tunis, Tunisia on the commitment and partnership for young people in Libya. Within the framework of the programme ’...
11 Nov 2016 - Under the theme ‘Together We Can, Together We Work, Together We Advance For Peace,’ Libyan female members of the House of Representatives (HoR) will convene A 2-day conference in Tunisia. The conference brings together women parliamentarians from Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya,...
10 Nov 2016 - Tunis – Female members of the Libyan House of Representative (HoR) kicked-off a three-day conference under the theme ‘Together We Can, Together We Work, Together We Advance For Peace’. The conference aims at promoting the role of female parliamentarians and enhancing their...
09 Nov 2016 - Under the theme ‘Together We Can, Together We Work, Together We Advance For Peace,’ Libyan female members of the House of Representatives (HoR) will convene A 2-day conference in Tunisia. The conference brings together women parliamentarians from Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya,...
29 Sep 2016 - Tunis, 29 September 2016 – The fourth meeting of the Libya Experts Development Cooperation Forum concluded today, bringing together Libyan academics, policy makers, prominent experts, entrepreneurs and the international community.
The meeting – which was opened by Dr. Jaffar...
Address by Ms. Kate Gilmore
United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 27 September 2016
Salle XX, Palais des Nations
Mr. President, Excellencies, colleagues and friends...