Stephanie Williams left her position on the last day of July, eight months after being appointed as the UN Secretary General’s Special Advisor on Libya. In her final statement in the role she said that her top priority was to “listen to the millions of Libyans who registered to vote” …

Libya’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Taher Al-Sunni, said on Monday that ‘certain international powers’ are behind disruption of the elections in the country, without identifying them.

Libya is mired in a constitutional and political stalemate that has sparked increasing clashes, a dire economic situation and demonstrations across the country by frustrated citizens, a senior UN official said Monday.

Despite some progress, a constitutional and political stalemate continues, prolonging tensions and fuelling insecurity, while clashes in and around Tripoli surge, she added.

Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on recent developments in Libya.

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed its deep concern over the clashes that took place in Tripoli on Thursday, calling for an investigation into the incident and justice for the victims and their families.

UNSMIL said in a statement on Tuesday that it was following with deep concern reports of sporadic closures of the coastal road west of Sirte at Checkpoint 50 km.

A United Nations-appointed mission to Libya has said there are “probable mass graves” yet to be investigated, possibly as many as 100, in a town where hundreds of bodies have already been found.

UN Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, said the last Friday protests in the country were similar to August 2020 protests when Libyans spoke against the outage of electricity and poor services, adding that Libyans are disappointed not only by power cuts, but also by the delayed elections and the hike …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Agilah Saleh, has confirmed the HoR’s rejection of the nomination of former Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum as UN envoy to Libya.