The Security Council received a briefing from Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). She discussed the work her office was doing concerning the situation in Libya and the court proceedings already taking place in that country. UNTV
The Security Council today (14 March) unanimously extended the United Nations mission in Libya and relaxed an arms embargo making it easier for the Government to better equip its security forces. UNTV
While noting that the Libyan Constitution-making process had gained political significance, the Special Representative of the Secretary General for the Support Mission in Libya said that the General National Congress (GNC) "has not yet determined whether the members of this body are to be appointed or elected". UNTV
The top United Nations official in Libya said today that one year after the demise of the Muammar al-Qadhafi regime, "the country has moved forward in its political transformation" although "many challenges remain" in the political, security, and rule of law areas. UNTV
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda told the Security Council today that the Court will soon decide on Libya’s challenge regarding the prosecution of Muammar al-Qadhafi's son Saif Al-Islam Qadhafi, and his former intelligence chief Abdullah Al-Senussi. UNTV
Libya's Representative before the International Criminal Court , Ahmed El-Gehani, told the Court that not grantingLibyathe necessary time to prepare a case against Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi "would be contrary to the necessity to cooperate with a post-conflict Government facing serious security problems." ICC
US President Barack Obama told the UN General Assembly today (25 September), “Given the power of faith in our lives, and the passion that religious differences can inflame, the strongest weapon against hateful speech is not repression, it is more speech.” UNTV
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for "calm and reason" as anti-US protests spread to a number of countries today. The President of the General Assembly Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser said both the film and the attacks it appeared to have sparked underlined the need for a global "culture of peace", and also commented on Syria. UNTV
At a Security Council meeting on Libya, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman condemned yesterday's attack on the US Embassy in Benghazi. He stressed that the UN rejects the defamation of religion in all forms, but said there was "no justification" for such violence. UNTV
As official results were released today (18 July) of Libya’s first free elections in almost half a century, the UN envoy to the country said the conduct of the elections had “deeply impressed all observers” but that the new government would face big challenges. UNTV