Press Releases

UN enhances Libyan capacity to deal with the threat of explosive hazards
13 Oct 2017 - On 6 October, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) successfully implemented a special-to-theatre training of 12 Libyan Military Engineers. The month-long training aimed to enhance the Libyan capacity to carry out Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and respond to the...
WFP PROVIDES EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES IN LIBYA’S CONFLICT-HIT SABRATHA
13 Oct 2017 - Tunis – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has started providing vital food assistance to families who have been displaced by clashes between armed groups in western Libya’s Sabratha. The area has recently experienced an upsurge of conflict. Since the end of...
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein at the end of visit to Libya
12 Oct 2017 - Photos for the visit to Tripoli / video report for the visit Geneva, 12 October 2017 - No UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ever managed to...
Statement by the President of the Security Council on Libya
10 Oct 2017 -
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IOM Providing Emergency Assistance to Over 4,000 Migrants After End of Sabratah Conflict
09 Oct 2017 - Sabratah – In the aftermath of weeks of conflict in the Libyan coastal city of Sabratah, at least 4,000 migrants, previously held in numerous informal detention centres and camps, have been transferred to a hangar in the city’s Dahman area, where IOM, the UN Migration Agency is...
UNSMIL Condemns Attack on Misrata Court House
04 Oct 2017 - 4 October, 2017 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemns today’s suicide attack against the court house in the Libyan city of Misrata. The attack, for which the Islamic State (ISIL) claimed responsibility, killed at least three and wounded over 15,...
The Joint Drafting Committee Concludes its First Set of Talks & Back in a Week after Consultations with the House of Representatives & High Council of State
01 Oct 2017 - Tunis, 1 October, 2017 - The Joint Drafting Committee of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State held today its sixth and final meeting within this set of talks at the United Nations Support Mission in Libya’s Tunis headquarter. The meeting were facilitated...
Note to Correspondents from the Spokesperson of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya on the Fifth Round of Talks of the Joint Drafting Committee
30 Sep 2017 - Tunis, September 30 - The Joint Drafting Committee of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State held its fifth meeting today to draft amendments to the Libyan Political Agreement in the presence of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Libya,...
Note to Correspondents from the Spokesperson of the United Nations Support mission in Libya on the Joint Drafting Committee Meetings
29 Sep 2017 - Tunis, 29 September 2017 - The Joint Drafting Committee of the House of Representative and the High Council of State held its fourth meeting today, at the United Nations Support Mission in Libya’s Tunisia headquarter in the presence of the Special Representative to the...
Note to the Correspondents from the Spokesperson of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya on the Meeting of the Joint Drafting Committee
28 Sep 2017 - Tunis, 28 September 2017- The Joint Drafting Committee of the House of Representative and High Council of State continued today its internal consultations with the broader dialogue committees of both Councils to further deliberate on the structures and responsibilities of the...