Press Releases

Libya, 30 March 2021 – Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Libya, and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ján Kubiš met today with Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Mr. Agila Saleh in al-Qubba. Speaker Saleh expressed the House of Representatives’…

TRIPOLI, 29 March 2021 - Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Libya, and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ján Kubiš, met yesterday in Tripoli with Head of High Council (HCS) of State Khaled Al-Meshri, in the presence of his two deputies Mr. Mohammed Baqi and Mr…

TRIPOLI, 23 March 2021 – The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ján Kubiš arrived yesterday in Tripoli to continue his engagements with the new interim Government of National Unity and various Libyan actors to fast-track the…

BERLIN, 19 March 2021 - UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Libya, Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Mr. Ján Kubiš conducted a two-day official visit to Berlin from 18 to 19 March, as part of his international outreach efforts to augment the international community’s…

The Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel Condemns The Terrorist Attack on Civilians in Tillabéry Region, Western Niger The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, condemns the…

UNMHA is concerned by bouts of troubling hostilities in the Hudaydah governorate over the last few weeks, including aerial strikes and artillery shelling in residential areas, that constitute violations of the Stockholm Agreement and have severely impacted the population. UNMHA deplores the loss and…

TRIPOLI, 15 March 2021 - The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Libya, and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ján Kubiš welcomes the swearing-in of the Government of National Unity (GNU) today before the House of Representatives (HoR), during its session in Tobruk…

Tripoli, 10 March 2021 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) congratulates the Libyan people on the approval by the House of Representatives (HoR) of a new interim unified Government and applauds the HoR leadership and its members for coming together in unity on this historic day…

08 March 2021 – The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy (SE) for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMI) Ján Kubiš paid a visit to Cairo from 6 to 8 March where he met with high-level Egyptian officials, the League of Arab States’ Secretary-General as well as with…

8 March 2021 Today, the world celebrates International Women’s Day, which is marked globally under the theme of “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world,”. And as we celebrate the 8th of March International Women’s Day, we take time to reflect on issues of gender equality…