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UN Security Council condemned on Friday the airstrike on Tajoura migrants' detention center, where 53 were killed and 150 and more were wounded.The UN Security Council also urged warring factions in Libya to de-escalate tensions and…

The UN Security Council failed to issue a statement condemning the bombing in Libya.The US earlier criticized the attack as "abhorrent," but did not call for a ceasefire.UN chief Antonio Guterres denounced the "horrendous" attack…

The Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA) has dropped Ghassan Salame’s name from its advisory board after The Democracy and Human Rights Foundation (DHRF) submitted a formal complaint to the United Nations Secretary General and the United…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemned in a statement on Wednesday the attack on a compound in Tajoura in which migrants were detained, which led to at least 44 deaths and more than 130 severe injuries.…

Salame visited Benghazi on Saturday.The UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame visited Benghazi municipality Saturday and met with the mayor Al-Saqr Boujwari.UNSMIL said on Twitter that Salame was visiting Benghazi to meet with a broad…

The UN Secretary General António Guterres announced Saturday the appointment of Yacoub El Hillo of Sudan as his Deputy Special Representative in Libya, where he will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian…

As of 17 June 2019, a total of 55,726 asylum seekers and refugees are registered with UNHCR in Libya.UNHCR added on Tuesday that a total of 4,131 individuals have been identified by UNHCR and its partners to be currently in one of…

The Libyan Cyrenaica Society has welcomed the initiative proposed Sunday by the Head of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Al-Sirraj who announced a quest to hold a Libyan National Conference that…

UNSMIL has welcomed the peace initiative proposed Sunday by the Prime Minister of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Al-Sirraj.UNSMIL said in statement on Sunday, following the proposal, that it also welcomes any other…

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Monday all countries must implement a UN arms embargo against Libya as illegal weapons transfers by land, sea and air continue to fuel the current fighting in the country's capital Tripoli.…

The Head of the UNSMIL, Ghassan Salame met Sunday with a delegation of European politicians, academics and journalists who are on unofficial visit to Libya's Tripoli.Salame briefed the European delegation on the crisis in Libya and the…

Over 90,000 people have been displaced in Libya since April as a result of the armed conflict between Khalifa Haftar's forces and UN-backed government forces in Tripoli, United Nations said on Friday.Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesman…

The UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame told France 24 in a Tuesday interview that he has never been and will never be biased in the Libyan conflict, responding to Khalifa Haftar's accusation made in an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche on…

The Deputy Head of United Nations Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned an attack on the oil clinic in Tripoli, as fighting continues between the UN-backed government forces and the east-based forces of Khalifa Haftar.Stephanie…

UNSMIL said it is deeply concerned at a series of serious incidents which have taken place in the last few days in and around Tripoli."UNSMIL is very concerned at the report of the kidnapping of a member of the High Council of State…

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants unity of the Security Council on the issue of Libya, his spokesman said Tuesday.Asked at a regular press briefing what the secretary-general thinks the Security Council needs to do…

The Representative of Libya at the UN Security Council Al-Mahdi Al-Majirbi told member states that Khalifa Haftar's "agression against Tripoli" has ended the hopes of all Libyans to go to elections and build a civilian state. Al-Majirbi…

The United Nations' envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame has briefed the Security Council about the ongoing fighting in Tripoli, urging the member states to enforce a ceasefire in Tripoli outskirts before the war spills into the city and a…

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Maria Ribeiro, condemns in the strongest terms the shutting down of water supplies that aims to deprive hundreds of thousands of already embattled Libyans of safe drinking water.“Such attacks against…

Officials working for international organizations and institutions have visited Tunisia's border areas with Libya to evaluate the resources available ahead of the potential arrival of refugees fleeing armed clashes in Libya.…