Press Releases

UN report urges accountability for Libya airstrike deaths
27 Jan 2020 - TRIPOLI/GENEVA (27January 2020) –In a new report on the July 2019 airstrikes in Libya that killed at least 53 migrants and refugees at the Tajoura detention centre – one of the deadliest incidents since a new round of hostilities...
UNSMIL Statement on continued violations of arms embargo in Libya
25 Jan 2020 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) deeply regrets the continued blatant violations of the arms embargo in Libya, even after the commitments made in this regard by concerned countries during the International Conference on Libya in Berlin, held on 19...
SRSG Ghassan Salame Remarks to the Press at the International Conference on Libya - Berlin, 19 January 2020
20 Jan 2020 - I would like to express again my gratitude to the Germany authorities and Chancellor Merkel for their efforts in the past few months in order to push this process forward. This started I could say in a meeting I had the honour of having with Madame Chancellor on the 15th of...
UN Secretary-General at the International Conference on Libya - Berlin, 19 January 2020
19 Jan 2020 - Chancellor Merkel, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, We are here for an urgent and pressing reason: to stop Libya’s downward spiral. I thank Chancellor...
Statement by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya
18 Jan 2020 - UNSMIL expresses deep concern over current efforts to disrupt or impair oil production in Libya. This move would have devastating consequences first and foremost for the Libyan people who depend on the free flow of oil for their well-being. It will also have terrible...
Six months following the enforced disappearance of Siham Sergewa, UNSMIL calls for her immediate release
17 Jan 2020 - TRIPOLI, 17 January 2020 - Six months ago, Siham Sergewa, an elected member of the House of Representatives, was seized at night from her home in the heavily fortified Buhedima District of Benghazi. Since her violent abduction, Ms. Sergewa’s fate remains unknown. ...
SRSG Ghassan Salame welcomes international calls for ceasefire in Libya, urges immediate cessation of military operations across Libya
08 Jan 2020 - Tripoli, 08 January 2020 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Ghassan Salame, welcomes recent calls for a ceasefire in Libya by a number of countries and international and regional organisations,...
UNSMIL Convenes Meeting of Libyan Economic Experts to Discuss Establishment of an Experts Commission to Unify Financial and Economic Policy and Institutions
07 Jan 2020 - TUNIS, 07 January 2020 – UNSMIL convened yesterday a meeting of 19 Libyan economic experts representing the main Libyan financial and economic institutions as well as the different economic sectors. The experts, who took part in the meeting, were selected based on their...
Statement by Mr. Yacoub El Hillo, Deputy Head of UNSMIL, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, on the recent fight escalation in and around Tripoli
03 Jan 2020 - TRIPOLI, 03 January 2020 - The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Mr Yacoub El-Hillo strongly condemns the intensified airstrikes and shelling in and around Libya’s capital, Tripoli. “I am...
SRSG Ghassan Salame condemns continued airstrikes causing deaths and injuries among civilians in western Libya
28 Dec 2019 - TRIPOLI – 28 December 2019 - The Special Representative of Secretary-General (SRSG) in Libya, Ghassan Salame, strongly condemns repeated airstrikes targeting civilian installations in western Libya, including Al-Zawiya, Tajoura and Abu Salim....