Speeches and Stories

Acting SRSG Stephanie Williams Statement on the tragic passing of H.E Dr Mahmoud Jibril

TRIPOLI, 05 April , 2020 - The Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Stephanie Williams joins Libyans in mourning the passing earlier today of leading Libyan politician H.E Dr Mahmoud Jibril in Egypt after a battle

05 Apr 2020

The UN Secretary General appeals for a Global Ceasefire amid the threat of COVID-19

Our world faces a common enemy: COVID-19.

The virus does not care about nationality or ethnicity, faction or faith. It attacks all, relentlessly.

Meanwhile, armed conflict rages on around the world.

23 Mar 2020

Near verbatim transcript of the press stakeout by Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya

18 Feb 2020

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS STAKEOUT BY GHASSAN SALAMÉ, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HEAD OF THE UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT MISSION IN LIBYA - Geneva, 6 February 2020

The Special Representative: Thank you for being here today for this brief. I will be brief myself so I can take your questions. I wanted to tell you first that we have been meeting since Monday afternoon, as you know, with the Joint Military Commission made (up) of five high-ra

06 Feb 2020