18 Aug 2015 - Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville
Location: Geneva
Subjects: (1) Libya
(1) Libya
We are extremely concerned by recent events involving militants claiming allegiance to ISIL in Sirte, Libya. It seems that fighting erupted in the city’s...
11 Aug 2015 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, Bernardino Leon, addresses the media at the round of the Libyan Political Dialogue held at the UN Office at Geneva.
30 Jul 2015 - Madrid, Spain – 30 July 2015 – In discussions facilitated by UNESCO and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain, senior managers and owners from ten Libyan media outlets, including television, print, radio and online media based both inside the country and in...
23 Jul 2015 - 23 July 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is deeply concerned about the renewed clashes in southern Libya, particularly in the cities of Sabha, al-Kufra and Awbari, and calls for an immediate end to the violence. Reports indicate that the recent...
15 Jul 2015 - 15 July 2015 - Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Excellencies,
1. Since my last briefing to the Council, the situation in Libya continued to deteriorate amidst significant political fragmentation and violence. Too many Libyans continue to die in this fight...
11 Jul 2015 - Skhirat, Morocco, 10 July 2015 - The Special Representative of the Secretary General for Libya (SRSG) convened a number of meetings with a group of participants in the Libyan Political Dialogue and representatives of the municipal councils of Misrata, Sebha, Zleitin, Tripoli...
03 Jul 2015 - We, the undersigned, participants to the Libyan dialogue process
Acknowledging the depth of the security, political and humanitarian crisis that our beloved country is going through, the challenges that Libya is facing and the urgent need to take the appropriate decisions to...
01 Jul 2015 - GENEVA, June 30 (UNHCR) – Increased fighting in Libya since the start of the year had led to almost a doubling in the number of displaced people in the country to more than 434,000 from an estimated 230,000 last September, the UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday.
UNHCR said...
25 Jun 2015 - Skhirat, Morocco, 25 June 2015 - “We have just started this meeting, which the Libyans first of all and everybody in the region are expecting, really us, what we expect to be the last round, the final round of talks. We are getting closer to a solution. Obviously, the fact that...
23 Jun 2015 - Misrata, 22 June 2015 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Bernardino Leon, met in Misrata on Monday 22 June 2015 with representatives of armed groups from the city, the Western...