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The Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Stephanie Williams, on Friday met with the Speaker of Libya's Tobruk-based House of Representatives, Aqila Saleh, in Geneva and discussed the need to intensify efforts…

UNSMIL said Tuesday that as part of the ongoing Berlin process, experts of the Economic Working Group of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya met virtually on July 6, in the presence of Acting Special Representative of the…

The Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Stephanie Williams expressed her deep sadness and regret over the death of two humanitarian mine clearance…

In a phone call today, Acting SRSG Stephanie Williams reviewed with the President of the Presidency Council Fayez Serraj the latest developments in Libya, including his recent positive statement which calls on all parties and political…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Thursday condemned the attacks on civilians in Libya, a day after indiscriminate shelling killed 4 children in southern Tripoli."Four young women and girls aged between 14-20…

UNSMIL has welcomed and joined the call by international partners on all parties to the Libyan conflict to declare an immediate humanitarian cessation of hostilities as well as a halt to the continuing transfer of all military equipment and…

The UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, announced his resignation on Monday citing health reasons, nearly three years after taking up the post."I tried to unite Libyans and restrain foreign interference... but for health…

The first round of political talks through the Libya peace process started Wednesday in Geneva, despite the parliament of Libya’s UN-recognized government saying Monday that it would not be participating in the negotiations for now."I…

UNSMIL announced Monday the conclusion of the second round of the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission (JMC) talks in Geneva.UNSMIL added that the talks to reach a lasting ceasefire and to restore security to civilian areas concluded on…

The UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame told Reuters Friday that ceasefire talks between Libya’s warring sides are going in the “right direction” while hitting hurdles over violations of an arms embargo and a truce declared last month.…

Libya’s Government of National Accord has announced it is halting its participation in U.N. talks, citing repeated violations of the truce by Khalifa Haftar's forces and urging the international community to take firm actions against…

The United Nations on Wednesday warned that forces loyal to Libya’s renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar are stopping aircraft from landing, hampering the world body’s aid and peace efforts.Speaking with reporters in New York, UN…

UNSMIL said on Tuesday that 28 Libyan economic experts gathered in Cairo for the second round of talks of the Libyan Economic and Financial Track on Sunday and Monday, as part of  the three intra-Libyan tracks UNSMIL is organizing - along…

Libya's rival parties are keen to maintain the truce in and around the capital city and expressed this attitude during the first round talks of the Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Commission in Geneva, said the United Nations Support Mission in…

The 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission is starting its meeting under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva today."Five senior officers appointed by the Government of National Accord (GNA) and five senior officers appointed by…

Ghassan Salamé, head of the UN Support Mission in the country, UNSMIL, called for greater civilian protection following the incidents, which occurred in three locations in the west."We have said it loud and clear that indiscriminate…

The UN Libya envoy pleaded with foreign actors to honor an arms embargo on the conflict-torn country as he said an attack on a Tripoli factory Monday may amount to a war crime.Ghassan Salame accused unnamed countries of worsening the…

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Tuesday met with the United Nations envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame to discuss ways to resolve the crisis in Libya.During the meeting, Shoukry reaffirmed Egypt's call for reaching a comprehensive…

The Libyan Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord has condemned in the strongest terms the "terrorist airstrikes" againt the Interior Ministry's headquarters in Tripoli on last Thursday by Khalifa Haftar's forces.The…

In a joint press conference in Tripoli, the Libyan Transportation and Interior Ministers Mild Matouq and Fathi Bashagha as well as the UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame announced the reopening of Tripoli's only operational airport, Mitiga,…