"LIBYA"

Marking the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the Security Council heard briefings on how to uphold international humanitarian law humanity in modern conflict. UNIFEED

During emergency meeting, Security Council condemns car bombing in Libya, urging parties to uphold truce as first step towards permanent ceasefire at 8595th meeting.

Members of the Security Council condemned in “the strongest terms the outrageous, deadly and totally inacceptable” car bomb attack on Saturday (10 Aug) in front of a shopping mall in Bengazhi, Libya, which left three UN staff members dead, and three others injured among dozens of civilians also wounded. Council members stood a minute of silence in remembrance of the victims. UNIFEED

Security Council presidential statement stresses West Africa, Sahel office needs more support, resources amid growing demand from countries in region at 8592nd meeting.

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, today welcomed Libya’s announcement that it will be “shutting down” three of its detention centres for refugees, migrants and asylum seekers. UNTV CH

External actors content to ‘fight to the last Libyan’ in settling scores, top official tells Security Council, amid concern over migrants and refugees at 8588th meeting.

Informal comments to the media by Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Security Council President, Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations on the situation in Libya.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

UN Special Representative for Libya Ghassan Salamé put forward a three-part plan of action to end the conflict in the country and called on Libyans to “listen to their better angels” adding that they were now “fighting the wars of others and in so doing destroying their country.” UNIFEED

In a statement attributable to his spokesperson, UN chief António Guterres said he was “deeply saddened by the news that some 150 refugees and migrants lost their lives after the boats they were in capsized off the coast of Libya,” with children and pregnant women among the missing. UNIFEED