Libya: Security Council reaffirms full support for political agreement signed a year ago
Dec 09, 2016, at 04:50 am
New York, Dec 8 (Just Earth News): Expressing deep concern over the serious political polarization resulting in a deterioration of the security, economic and humanitarian situation in Libya, the Security Council on Thursday reiterated its support for the United Nations envoy for Libya, who leads efforts in facilitating implementation of the political agreement signed about a year ago.
Libya: UN and partners launch appeal for urgent life-saving assistance in a complex emergency
Sep 20, 2016, at 01:03 pm
New York, Sept 20 (Just Earth News): The United Nations and humanitarian agencies in Libya on Monday issued an urgent appeal for $10.7 million to meet life-saving emergency assistance for close to 80,000 people located within the Libyan city of Sirte until the end of the year.
Sep 14, 2016, at 01:01 pm
New York, Sept 14 (Just Earth News): Although political space has opened in Libya and there is progress in the fight against terrorism, the political divisions underpinning the North African country’s conflict are deepening, a United Nations envoy warned on Tuesday.
Libya: UN envoy calls for immediate cessation of hostilities in Oil Crescent area
Sep 13, 2016, at 12:52 pm
New York, Sept 13 (Just Earth News): Expressing grave concerns over recent fighting in Libya's Oil Crescent area, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the country and the head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Martin Kobler called on military forces that moved into the area to immediately stop fighting and refrain from any further military escalation.
Libya: Senior UN humanitarian official strongly condemns attacks on medical facilities
Jun 25, 2016, at 03:45 pm
New York, June 25 (Just Earth News): The acting United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya, Dr. Syed Jaffar Hussain expressed deep concerns at recent attacks in Benghazi that put medical facilities at risk and urged all parties to take all feasible precautions to prevent casualties among patients and medical personnel.
UN rights office urges Libyan authorities to investigate death of 12 victims of torture
Jun 15, 2016, at 01:24 pm
New York, June 15 (Just Earth News): The UN human rights office on Tuesday urged the Libyan authorities to undertake an effective, thorough and impartial investigation to bring perpetrators of torture to justice, after 12 people were found dead last Friday.
Jun 07, 2016, at 12:40 pm
New York, June 7 (Just Earth News): The top United Nations official for Libya on Monday told the Security Council about the “tragic†humanitarian situation there, underlining that “personal tragedies and collective suffering†are the consequence of the continued lack of State authority in most parts of the North African country.
Libya: ISIS executed dozens in newest stronghold, says Human Rights Watch
May 19, 2016, at 01:26 am
Tripoli, May 18 (IBNS) The extremist armed group Islamic State, also known as ISIS, has unlawfully executed at least 49 people in its Libyan stronghold of Sirte since February 2015, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Wednesday.
Libya: UN envoy ‘deeply concerned’ by terrorist attacks on oil fields
Apr 28, 2016, at 01:34 pm
New York, Apr 28 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The most senior United Nations official in Libya on Wednesday said he is deeply concerned by recent incursions by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) into Libya’s oil crescent region and by attacks carried on oil fields.
Libya: UN envoy calls for safe evacuation of civilians caught up in Benghazi fighting
Apr 22, 2016, at 01:46 pm
New York, Apr 22 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Thursday called on all the warring parties in Benghazi to ensure that civilians are protected, also urging them to allow and facilitate the safe and immediate exit of all civilians who are trapped in areas affected by fighting.
Libya: UN development programme launches initiative to support country’s stabilization
Apr 13, 2016, at 01:49 pm
New York, Apr 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS):At a high-level meeting in Tunis, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched an initiative to assist with the stabilization of Libya and its new unity Government, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said on Tuesday.
Libya: senior UN relief official calls for independent probe into migrant deaths at detention centre
Apr 07, 2016, at 01:29 pm
New York, Apr 7 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Expressing deep regret and concern over the deaths of four migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in a detention centre in al-Zawiya, Libya, the senior United Nations humanitarian official in that country has called on Wednesday for an independent, impartial and full investigation into their deaths.
Libya: Security Council welcomes Presidency Council's arrival in Tripoli
Apr 02, 2016, at 01:33 pm
New York, Apr 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations on Friday welcomed the arrival in the Libyan capital of Prime Minister Fayez Serraj and other members of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord.
Libya: UN envoy welcomes arrival of Presidency Council in Tripoli, urges peaceful handover of power
Mar 31, 2016, at 02:14 pm
New York, Mar 31 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations envoy for Libya on Wednesday welcomed the arrival in Tripoli of the Presidency Council, which marks an important step in Libya's democratic transition and path to peace, security and prosperity.
Libya: Security Council renews call for global support for national unity government
Mar 15, 2016, at 02:50 pm
New York, Mar 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The Security Council on Monday reiterated its support for the Libyan national unity government and renewed its call on United Nations Member States to end official contact with parallel institutions that claim legitimate authority but are outside of the 17 December political agreement
Libya: UN urges humanitarian ceasefires, safe exit of civilians trapped in Benghazi
Mar 12, 2016, at 02:11 pm
New York, Mar 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The top United Nations relief official for Libya on Friday called for humanitarian ceasefires and the safe exit of civilians trapped in fighting areas in Benghazi, following reports that many families, specifically in the Qanfouda and Qawarsha neighbourhoods, face shortages of electricity, food and medical supplies.
UN reports widespread human rights abuses in Libya, where ‘complete impunity prevails’
Feb 26, 2016, at 03:22 pm
New York, Feb 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS) A United Nations report published on Thursday has documented widespread human rights violations and abuses committed in Libya since the beginning of 2014, recommending urgent measures to address “the complete impunity that prevails†and to strengthen and reform the justice sector.
Libya: $166 million UN-backed humanitarian appeal barely one per cent funded
Feb 02, 2016, at 01:56 pm
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Almost two months after its launch, a humanitarian appeal to aid 1.3 million vulnerable people in conflict-torn Libya is 99 per cent unfunded, a senior United Nations official for the North African country warned on Monday, calling on the international community to step up to the plate.
Libya: UN envoy condemns abduction of parliamentarian, calls for his release
Jan 29, 2016, at 02:42 pm
New York, Jan 29 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The most senior United Nations official in Libya on Friday strongly condemned the abduction of a member of the House of Representatives, just days after a significant step forward in the quest to end the country's political divisions and armed conflict.
UN congratulates Libyans and Presidency Council on naming unity government
Jan 20, 2016, at 03:04 pm
New York, Jan 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Senior United Nations officials on Tuesday welcomed the nomination of the Government of National Accord in Libya by the Presidency Council as a significant step forward in the quest to end the country's political divisions and armed conflict.
Libyan parties delay naming unity government, UN urges steps to end divisions
Jan 19, 2016, at 02:49 pm
New York, Jan 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations in Libya has expressed regret over the decision of the country’s Presidency Council to postpone the formation of a national unity government for 48 hours beyond the deadline set by a UN-facilitated political agreement, emphasizing that all efforts to combat and eliminate these terrorist groups must be led by the Libyan State.
'Libya cannot afford to remain divided,' says UN envoy, deploring latest deadly terrorist attack
Jan 08, 2016, at 03:07 pm
New York, Jan 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Condemning the "reprehensible" deadly terrorist attack on a security training centre on Thursday in Libya’s coastal city of Zliten, the top United Nations official in the country said the incident again shows the urgent need for all stakeholders to press ahead with forming a recently-agreed unity government.
Libya: UN envoy holds New Year talks to boost support for unity accord
Jan 03, 2016, at 02:25 pm
New York, Jan 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Strife-torn Libya begins 2016 with a ray of hope and the possibility of rediscovering peace in unity, the top United Nations envoy to the country has stressed in a New Year's Day message as he held talks with a cross-section of political leaders.
Libya marks 64th independence anniversary, UN envoy urges unity
Dec 26, 2015, at 02:28 pm
New York, Dec 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A week after brokering an accord for a national unity government in strife-torn Libya, the top United Nations envoy for the country urged all Libyans to use Friday’s 64th independence anniversary to put their differences behind them and unite behind the new inclusive institutions.
As Libya marks 64th independence anniversary, UN envoy urges unity behind new Government
Dec 25, 2015, at 02:06 pm
New York, Dec 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS) A week after brokering an accord for a national unity government in strife-torn Libya, the top United Nations envoy for the country urged all Libyans to use today’s 64th independence anniversary to put their differences behind them and unite behind the new inclusive institutions.
Dec 23, 2015, at 02:02 pm
New York, Dec 23 (Just Earth News/IBNS) World Food Programme (WFP) trucks have begun distributing 1,300 tons of food to Libyans in dire need of assistance, but with nine days left in the year, the United Nations aid plan for more than 2.4 million people for 2016 has received zero funding, the top UN humanitarian official in the strife-torn country said on Tuesday.
Libyan parties set 16 December as date to sign political agreement: UN envoy
Dec 12, 2015, at 03:02 pm
New York, Dec 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The new United Nations envoy for Libya announced on Friday that the parties to the country's political dialogue process have agreed to set 16 December as the target date to sign the UN-facilitated agreement on forming a national unity government, aiming to bring an end to a crisis that has left nearly 2.4 million Libyans in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.
Libya: UN envoy urges endorsement of political agreement as way forward for peace
Dec 08, 2015, at 04:17 pm
New York, Dec 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The top United Nations official in Libya has emphasized that the political agreement reached after wide consultations among Libyan parties and facilitated by the UN for more than a year, is the basis to end the North African country’s conflict.
Warring factions in Libya show little regard for civilian life: UN
Nov 17, 2015, at 01:50 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Libya continues to be embroiled in political strife and deadly violence – with all parties committing possible war crimes amid multiple armed conflicts affecting several regions and contributing to a general breakdown of law and order, according to a new United Nations human rights report released on Monday.
Magnitude of dangers facing Libya should not be underestimated: UN envoy
Nov 06, 2015, at 01:49 pm
New York, Nov 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The magnitude of the dangers facing Libya should not be underestimated, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Thursday, noting that despite the passing of the timeline by which the United Nations had hoped a final political settlement would be endorsed, there is yet to be a final agreement.