Press Releases

‘Libyan Women Are a Force for Change’ On International Women’s Day, the co-chairs of the Working Group on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights established under the Berlin process – the Netherlands, Switzerland, and UNSMIL, represented by its Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Rule of…

Tripoli, 07 March 2021 - The UN Secretary-General Special Envoy for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Ján Kubiš stresses the importance of holding the House of Representatives session on Monday, 8 March, which is the first since several years. The Special Envoy…

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 team to Libya earlier yesterday. The advance team will help advance UN…

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, UNSMIL and its partners strongly encourage the HoR to meet as scheduled to…

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 to initial reports, the attack resulted in the deaths of five civilians…

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 Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, concluded today a three…

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 unified interim executive authority, and to consider how participants 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 Nations take note of the announcement by Niger's National Independent…

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. Yesterday, 21 February, Special Envoy Kubiš, called Minister of Interior…

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 of interlocutors in various parts of the country, including with the…