Press Releases

TRIPOLI - UNSMIL welcomes today’s Trans-Mediterranean Migration Forum in Tripoli. The forum can serve as an important opportunity to take forward a human rights-based approach to migration governance. The Mission reinforces the need for a concerted international effort based on shared responsibility…

Tripole - UNSMIL congratulates the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) on completing the first phase of voter registration for 60 municipalities across Libya. Despite challenging circumstances, 210,545 Libyan citizens have registered to vote in the upcoming municipal elections. The mission…

The United Nations Mission to support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) is pleased to announce the arrival of its new Deputy Head of Mission, Ms. Mari Yamashita of Japan. She deployed to Hudaydah on 2 July 2024, following engagements with counterparts in Aden and Sana’a, and courtesy calls with the…

Dakar, 12 July 2024 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, presented, today, to the United Nations Security Council, the latest report of the Secretary-General on the activities of…

TRIPOLI – UNSMIL is deeply concerned by reports of another abduction, this time in Misrata. On 8 July, 29-year-old political activist Al-Moatassim Areebi was abducted by unidentified armed men in civilian clothes along with Mohamed Shtewi. While Mr. Shtewi was released after being beaten, the…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, concluded today a two-day pre-electoral visit to Ghana. The objective of this visit was to engage with authorities and other stakeholders on the…

Dakar, 28 June 2024 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, arrived today in Nouakchott, Mauritania, for a three-day visit. The visit is part of the United Nations' ongoing commitment…

Dakar, 28 June 2024 - The annual conference of the West African Bar Association (WABA) concluded yesterday in Cotonou, Benin. Organized from June 25 to 27 in partnership with the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), the objective of the conference was to adopt the statutes…

Yaounde, on 27 June 2024 - The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission established pursuant to the Joint Communiqué adopted at the Summit which took place in Geneva on 15 November 2002 between His Excellency Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon and His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, then…

Dakar, 2 6 June 2024- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Santos Simão, was received yesterday in audience by the President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, H.E. Alassane Ouattara. The discussions focused…