The situation in Libya - Security Council, 9943rd meeting

International support critical to turn ‘fragile truce’ in Libya into permanent ceasefire, create accountable government, Special Representative tells Security Council.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:31:27
• Production Date: 24 June 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT MISSION IN LIBYA - UNSMIL
• Subject Topical: CEASEFIRES; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; DEVELOPMENT; OIL PRODUCTION; HUMAN RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: LIBYA
• MAMS Id: 3416704
• Parent Id: 3416195
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 9443 LIBYA 24 JUN 2025 AM

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Libya is yet again at a critical juncture, the UN’s top official for the country told the Security Council today, stressing international support is indispensable to Tripoli’s attempt to turn a fragile truce into a permanent ceasefire and form a government accountable to its citizens. 

“This is not the time for brinksmanship or unilateral actions,” said Hanna S. Tetteh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), in her briefing to the 15-member Council. 

With UNSMIL’s support, Libya’s Presidential Council recently established a truce committee comprising key security actors. “The truce, however, remains fragile and the overall security situation unpredictable,” Ms. Tetteh emphasized, adding that armed clashes in Tripoli last month resulted in civilian deaths and damage to civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, universities and a prison. 

• Briefer: Ms. Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (via video-teleconference) 
• Statements: All Council members, with Algeria speaking on behalf of: Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Somalia 
• Statement: Libya 
• Further statement: Greece 
• Further statement: Libya 

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