Press Releases
- 22 Mar 2020 - The Secretary-General welcomes the positive responses by the Government of National Accord and the Libyan National Army on 18 and 21 March respectively, to the calls for a humanitarian pause to stop the fighting. He hopes that this will be translated into an immediate and...
- 21 Mar 2020 - UNSMIL welcomes the positive responses by the Government of National Accord and the Libyan National Army to the calls for of a humanitarian pause, and hopes that they stop the fighting immediately on all fronts to allow national health authorities and health partners to respond...
- 18 Mar 2020 - TRIPOLI, 17 March 2020 - UNSMIL expresses deep concerns over the recent increase in abductions and enforced disappearances in towns and cities across Libya conducted by armed groups with total impunity. The Mission renews its call for the full respect of international human...
- 17 Mar 2020 - TRIPOLI, 17 March 2020 – UNSMIL welcomes and joins the call by international partners on all parties to the Libyan conflict to declare an immediate humanitarian cessation of hostilities as well as a halt to the continuing transfer of all military equipment and personnel...
- 12 Mar 2020 - NEW YORK, 11 March 2020 - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the designation of Stephanie Turco Williams of the United States as his Acting Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in...
- 08 Mar 2020 - TRIPOLI, 08 March 2020 - Today, the world celebrates International Women’s Day, which is marked globally under the theme of “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”. Twenty-five years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and twenty...
- 28 Feb 2020 - Geneva, Switzerland, 28 February 2020 Ghassan Salamé: As you know, UNSMIL has started three tracks in application of the Berlin conclusion and of Resolution 2510. The first one is going well, and its next meeting is on March 15th, that is the Economic and Financial. The...
- 24 Feb 2020 - Geneva, 24 February 2020 - The second round of the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission (JMC) talks to reach a lasting ceasefire and to restore security to civilian areas concluded on 23 February at the Palace of Nations in Geneva. The talks took place in...
- 19 Feb 2020 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) hopes to resume the second round of talks of the Libyan Joint Military Commission (5+5), while expressing its strong and renewed condemnation of the bombing of Tripoli’s seaport yesterday by the Libyan National Army,...
- 13 Feb 2020 - TRIPOLI - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the adoption by the Security Council of Resolution 2510 (2020), which: endorses the Conclusions of the International Conference on Libya held in Berlin; affirms the need for a lasting ceasefire;...