Press Releases

Statement by UNSMIL on latest developments in the South
10 Feb 2019 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) reminds all parties of their obligations to guarantee the protection of civilians and the country's resources – which belong to all Libyans - by avoiding targeting economic facilities and putting civilians in harm’s way,...
UN launches plan to address humanitarian needs in Libya in 2019
06 Feb 2019 - Tripoli, 5 February 2019 – Seven years after the revolution, hundreds of thousands of people across Libya, live in dire conditions. In a bid to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs for 552,000 most vulnerable people living in Libya, the United Nations together with the...
Presidency Council’s Women Support and Empowerment Unit holds its first coordination meeting with international community
05 Feb 2019 - The Women's Support and Empowerment Unit for the Presidency Council held its first coordination meeting today, in the Prime Minister's Office in the Libyan capital Tripoli, with a number of representatives of embassies in in Libya, United Nations agencies, the European Union,...
Ghassan Salame and Ahmed Aboul Gheit stress the need for regional cooperation in support of Libya political process
02 Feb 2019 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Libya, Ghassan Salame, met with Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States(LAS), today in Cairo to discuss the latest developments in Libya. Both, SRSG and LAS Secretary-General, stressed...
First evacuation from Libya of 2019 brings 130 refugees to safety
29 Jan 2019 - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, evacuated yesterday (28 January) 130 people out of Libya, marking the first evacuations to Niger in 2019. The individuals evacuated had been detained in very dire conditions, and for months on end. UNHCR advocated for them to be released, and...
UNSMIL hosts meeting between Interior Ministry and int’l community to mobilise support for the Ministry
17 Jan 2019 - Tripoli, 17 January 2019 – As part of its continuous efforts to support the Libyan Government in strengthening the capacity of State’s regular security institutions, UNSMIL hosted a meeting today between the Minister of Interior (MoI), his two deputies and 18 high-ranking...
UNSMIL is monitoring military mobilisation of forces in Tripoli closely; warns against any breach of ceasefire and endangering civilians’ lives
16 Jan 2019 - Tripoli, 16 January 2019 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemns the recent military mobilisation of forces in southern Tripoli and is monitoring the situation closely. UNSMIL warns parties against any breach of the ceasefire agreement concluded...
Ministry of Interior, EU and UN lay the cornerstone for the first Model Police Station in Libya
14 Jan 2019 - Tripoli, 14 January 2019 – The Ministry of Interior launched today the construction works of the first Model Police Station in Libya in a ceremony that took place in Hai al-Andalus in Tripoli. The Hai al-Andalus Police Station was selected to be the vanguard of this project...

Report of the Secretary-General António Guterres on the United Nations Support Mission in Libya
10 Jan 2019 - Click on the following link to view the report (PDF): Report of the Secretary-General António Guterres on the United Nations Support Mission in Libya - 7 January 2019
Eighteen urban planning specialists trained on Geographic Information System
09 Jan 2019 - TUNIS – UN-Habitat launched a ten-day training course in Geographic information System (GIS) mapping on urban planning for 18 civil servants from different branches of Libya’s Urban Planning Agency (UPA) and six municipalities. (Benghazi, Ubari, Al Kufra, Sebha, Sirte and...