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
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
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
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.
Libya: ISIS executed dozens in newest stronghold, says Human Rights Watch
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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.