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Secretary-General designates Stephanie Turco Williams of the United States as Acting Special Representative, Head of United Nations Support Mission in Libya
NEW YORK, 11 March 2020 - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the designation of Stephanie Turco Williams of the United States as his Acting Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Ms. Williams will act as Special…
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Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia
The Secretary-General met with H.E. Mr. Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia. The Secretary-General thanked President Duque for assurances of Colombia’s commitment to continue working closely with the United Nations system across its peace, development, human rights and humanitarian pillars…
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On International Women’s Day, UN family wishes all Libyan women and girls a Happy day
TRIPOLI, 08 March 2020 - Today, the world celebrates International Women’s Day, which is marked globally under the theme of “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”. Twenty-five years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and twenty years since the…
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UNSMIL Statement on Conclusion of Second Round of 5+5 Joint Military Commission Talks
Geneva, 24 February 2020 - The second round of the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission (JMC) talks to reach a lasting ceasefire and to restore security to civilian areas concluded on 23 February at the Palace of Nations in Geneva. The talks took place in the presence of and with the participation…
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Statement by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) hopes to resume the second round of talks of the Libyan Joint Military Commission (5+5), while expressing its strong and renewed condemnation of the bombing of Tripoli’s seaport yesterday by the Libyan National Army, which resulted in a number of…
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PRESS RELEASE / Haiti : UN issues report on gang violence in Port au Prince
Port-Au-Prince, 18 February 2020.- A UN report on gang violence in Port-au-Prince has found that the Haitian authorities failed to adequately protect residents of a poor neighbourhood of the capital. The joint report by the UN Human Rights Office and the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti…
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UNSMIL welcomes Security Council Resolution 2510 (2020) endorsing Conclusions of Berlin Conference on Libya
TRIPOLI - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the adoption by the Security Council of Resolution 2510 (2020), which: endorses the Conclusions of the International Conference on Libya held in Berlin; affirms the need for a lasting ceasefire; demands full compliance by all…
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UN fears severe consequences on its efforts due to stoppage of its flights to/from Libya
TRIPOLI - The United Nations in Libya regrets that its regular flights, which transport its staff to and from Libya, are not granted permission by the LNA to land in Libya. This practice has been repeated on several occasions in the past weeks. The U nited Nations is very concerned that preventing…
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UNSMIL Statement on the first round of Talks of Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Commission in Geneva
GENEVA, 08 February 2020 - The first round of talks of the Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC), which had started on Monday 3 February 2020, concluded this afternoon at the Palais des Nations (Geneva) in the presence of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the…