Press Releases

TRIPOLI, 4 March 2021 - In accordance with the Secretary-General’s recommendation in his report of 29 December 2020 and subsequent to the Security Council’s request of 4 February, the United Nations deployed a small advance…

Tripoli, 02 March 2021 - UNSMIL takes note of ongoing preparations to convene the House of Representatives (HoR) in the city of Sirte, scheduled to be held on 8 March. Following consultations with international partners…

HUDAYDAH 28 February 2021 — UNMHA condemns in the strongest possible terms an attack that reportedly hit a residential home last night in Al Hawak, one of the most militarily tense areas of the Hudaydah governorate. According…

The Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel Urges the Gambians to Build Consensus Ahead of December Elections The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West…

The Political Working Group (PWG) of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya (IFCL) held a meeting on 25 February 2021 to review the progress achieved by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum and the efforts of the…

Joint communiqué of the ECOWAS Commission and the United Nations (UN) on violence that occured following the announcement of the second-round provisional results of the presidential election in Niger ECOWAS and the United…

22 February 2021 - UN Secretary-General Special Envoy for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Ján Kubiš, continued his meetings and telephone calls with Libyan and international officials…

TRIPOLI, 22 February 2021 - From 14 to 21 February, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ján Kubiš, held discussions in Libya with a wide range…

Tripoli, 21 February 2021 - Yesterday evening, Special Envoy Ján Kubiš had a substantive telephone call with the President of the Presidency Council designate, Mr. Mohammed al-Manfi, and discussed the way forward on the…