Press Releases

Note to the Correspondents from UNSMIL’s Spokesperson on the Joint Drafting Committee Meetings
18 Oct 2017 - Tunis, 18 October, 2017 - The meetings of the Joint Drafting Committee of the House of Representative and High Council of State demonstrated progress towards the finalization of the amendments to the Libyan Political Agreement. Bilateral and trilateral meetings with the UNSMIL...
Note to the Correspondents from UNSMIL’s Spokesperson on the Second round of the Joint Drafting Committee Meetings
16 Oct 2017 - Tunis, 16 October 2017 - The House of Representative and High Council of State’s Joint Drafting Committee held its second meeting this week with a strong push to advance the finalization of the amendments to the Libyan Political Agreement. Today’s discussions, facilitated by...
Note to the Correspondents from UNSMIL’s Spokesperson on the Joint Drafting Committee’s Second round of Meetings
15 Oct 2017 - Tunis, 15 October 2017 - The Joint Drafting Committee of the House of Representatives and High Council of State met at UNSMIL to continue finalizing the amendments to the Libyan Political Agreement. The discussion was facilitated by the Special Representative of the Secretary-...
Note to Correspondents from UNSMIL’s Spokesperson on the Second Round of the Joint Drafting Committee Meetings
14 Oct 2017 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ghassan Salamé, met with the Dialogue Committees of the House of Representative and High Council of State tasked with drafting amendments to the Political Agreement. He congratulated them on the safe...
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,...