Press Releases

New York, 18 January 2021 - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Ján Kubiš of Slovakia as his Special Envoy on Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya…

17 January 2021 - Following the four-day meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s Advisory Committee in Geneva, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Stephanie Williams logged in to an AI -…

Geneva 15 January 2020 Meeting in Geneva of the LPDF’s Advisory Committee, facilitated by Stephanie Williams, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya As you know much has been accomplished during the…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the meeting today between Minister of Finance Faraj Bumatari with his counterpart Muraja Ghaith in Brega to consolidate the 2021 national budget. This intra-Libyan…

The co-chairs of the Security Working Group (SWG) for Libya, represented by the African Union, France, Italy, Turkey, and the United Kingdom and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) held on Wednesday January…

6 January 2021 – On 5 January, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (ASRSG) and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Stephanie Williams, together with the co-chairs of the Economic Working…

Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (ASRSG) Stephanie Williams was pleased to convene today the first virtual meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s Advisory Committee (AC), composed of 18 LPDF…

Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General Stephanie Williams is pleased to announce the establishment of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s Advisory Committee and is grateful to the LPDF members for their…

HUDAYDAH, 2 January 2021 — The Head of the United Nations Mission to support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) and Chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee Abhijit Guha is deeply troubled by reports of multiple civilian…

24 December 2020 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) congratulates all Libyans inside the country and in the diaspora on the 69th anniversary of Libya's Independence Day. Libyans celebrate this national…