UNSMIL welcomes call for ceasefire by both conflicting Libyan parties
By Sami Zaptia. London, 21 August 2020: UNSMIL welcomed last night the two separate, but coordinated, announcements by the two ...
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Widespread domestic and international condemnation of 15-year prison sentence handed to journalist by eastern Libya military court
By Sami Zaptia. There has been widespread domestic and international condemnation of the 15-year prison sentence handed by an eastern ...
CBL independent audit going ahead: UNSMIL
By Sami Zaptia. London, 27 July 2020: UNSMIL reported today that the independent international audit of both Central Banks of ...
One year on from her enforced disappearance: UNSMIL renews calls for an investigation into parliamentarian Siham Sergewa’s abduction
By Sami Zaptia. On the one-year anniversary of her violent abduction in her home town of Benghazi, UNSMIL today renewed ...
UNSMIL discusses Security Sector Reform and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration with Libya’s Tripoli government
By Sami Zaptia. London, 13 July 2020: UNSMIL reported yesterday that it had held a virtual meeting on Saturday (11 ...
UNSMIL condemns ‘‘clashes’’ by officially recognized militias in Janzur – dead militia bodies desecrated and homes burnt: report and analysis
By Sami Zaptia. London, 11 July 2020: UNSMIL condemned today what it chose to refer to as the ‘‘clashes’’ that ...
Economic Working Group of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya meet
By Sami Zaptia. London, 8 July 2020: UNSMIL reported yesterday that as part of the ongoing Berlin process, experts of ...
UNSMIL mourns death of two Tripoli mine clearers
By Sami Zaptia. London, 7 July 2020: Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (ASRSG) for Libya and Head of the ...
130 casualties of IEDs, landmines and ERWs in southern Tripoli: UNSMIL
By Sami Zaptia. London, 3 July 2020: UNSMIL reported yesterday that various UN agencies have documented 130 casualties (75 civilian ...
Hafter spat in the UN’s face by attacking Tripoli on the eve of the peace conference: Salame
By Sami Zaptia. Ghassan Salame speaking in 2017 about creating the right conditions for elections in Libya said people must ...
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