Press Releases

The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Acting Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Ms. Giovanie BIHA, concluded today a two-day visit to Conakry, Guinea. The purpose of this visit was to participate in the closing ceremony of the…

The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Acting Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, Giovanie BIHA, briefed, today by videoconference, the United Nations Security Council, on the latest Secretary-General report on the activities of UNOWAS. The report…

Tripoli, 28 December 2022 - UNSMIL notes false online reports that SRSG Abdoulaye Bathily plans to announce a new road map and to form a new government. This sort of fake news is aimed at generating confusion about the current political process and in particular the role of UNSMIL which is not to…

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ruchira Kamboj (India): The members of the Security Council expressed their deep concern at the persistent political deadlock in Libya and disappointment at the lack of progress, which continues to risk the…

UNMHA’s Deputy Head of Mission Vivian van de Perre concluded a two-day workshop with women community leaders from Hudaydah’s southern districts in Aden. During the workshop, Ms van de Perre met with eight women representing local civil society. She listened to participants’ concerns and their…

TRIPOLI, 13 December 2022 – The United Nations in Libya Tuesday officially launched its Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for 2023-2025 in an event with the government and development partners. Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah and Special Representative of the Secretary General and…

‘Human Rights Must be at the Centre of the Political Process’ 10 DECEMBER 2022 On International Human Rights Day, marked annually on 10 December, the co-chairs of the Working Group on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights under the Berlin process – the Netherlands, Switzerland and the…

TRIPOLI, 3 December 2022 - Since my arrival in Libya, I have called on political actors to accelerate discussions on the way forward in the political process, and to create the conditions for the holding of free and fair elections, on the basis of a sound constitutional basis. I have strongly…

TRIPOLI – 25 November 2022 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) joins the world in supporting the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. Violence against women and girls in its various forms has been on the rise in Libya. This includes verbal, physical, or sexual…

TRIPOLI 23 November 2022 – This week another child tragically lost his life when he found and played with a grenade that was left behind by the warring parties in the conflict. His two brothers, standing near him, were severely injured. UNICEF and UNMAS are deeply concerned by the continued loss of…