Press Releases

UNSMIL to Convene a Technical Meeting to Agree on Critical Reforms to the Libyan Economy
11 Dec 2020 - On 14 and 15 December, ASRSG Stephanie Williams and the co-chairs of the Economic Working Group of the Berlin Process including Egypt, USA and EU, will convene a technical meeting of representatives of Libya's main financial institutions at the UN Office in Geneva...
Statement of the Co-Chairs (Netherlands, Switzerland and UNSMIL) of the International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Working Group of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya on International Human Rights Day
10 Dec 2020 - ‘Rights Commitments Should Be Central in Libya’s Ongoing Political Process’ On International Human Rights Day, the co-chairs of the Working Group on International...
Statement by the Co-Chairs (Algeria / Germany / League of Arab States / UNSMIL) of the Political Working Group of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya
05 Dec 2020 - The Political Working Group (PWG) of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya (IFCL) held a meeting on 3 December 2020 to review the progress achieved thus far with regards the Libyan political track and consider how participants of the...
ASRSG Stephanie Williams holds a virtual LPDF meeting following the voting on proposals for a selection mechanism for the unified executive authority
05 Dec 2020 - Following the conclusion of the consultation process that took place on Thursday and Friday 3-4 December 2020, during which the members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) cast votes to select one of the presented proposals for a selection mechanism...
Economic Working Group Co-Chairs Call for a Libyan Negotiated Solution that Addresses the Deepening Economic Crisis
01 Dec 2020 - On 1 December, Economic Working Group (EWG) co-chairs of the International Follow Up Committee for Libya, including Ambassadors of Egypt and the United States, the European Union, and the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General Stephanie...
UNSMIL holds the first virtual meeting of the second round of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum
23 Nov 2020 - Monday, 23 November 2020 - The Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Mission Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Stephanie Williams convened today the first virtual meeting of the second round of the Libyan Political Dialogue...
Libyan Mayors share their recommendations with LPDF
20 Nov 2020 - Within the preliminary consultative track of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya held, during the month of October, four consultative sessions through visual communication technique with a number of municipal mayors...
Remarks by Acting Special Representative of the Un Secretary-General Stephanie Williams to the Security Council - 19 November 2020
19 Nov 2020 - Madam President, Ambassador King (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), Excellencies, Since my last briefing on 2 September, we have made substantial progress in the search for peace and stability in...
ASRSG Stephanie Williams attends the first meeting between NOC and the PFG commanders of eastern and western regions, hosted by Breiga’s Sirte Oil Company
16 Nov 2020 - BREIGA, 16 November 2020 - Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Stephanie Williams today attended a meeting hosted by Sirte Oil Company in Marsa Brega, bringing together the Chairman of...
Statement by Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Stephanie Williams on the first round of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum
16 Nov 2020 - TUNIS – 16 November 2020 - Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (ASRSG) and Head of the United Nations Support Mission (UNSMIL) in Libya Stephanie Williams announced yesterday the conclusion of the first round of the...