Security Council Resolution 2796 (2025) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Support Mission in Libya (Unsmil) Until 31 Oct. 2026]

S/RES/2796(2025)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

Under agenda item 220 The situation in Libya, published in 2025.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme	Special political missions – Thematic cluster III: regional offices, offices in support of political processes and other missions	7

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme	Special political missions – Thematic cluster III: regional offices, offices in support of political processes and other missions	7	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

10 reports · 2022–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	S/2026/661	United Nations Support Mission in Libya report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2796(2025)
2026	S/2026/281	United Nations Support Mission in Libya report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2796(2025)
2025	S/2025/792	United Nations Support Mission in Libya report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2796(2025)
2024	S/2024/598	United Nations Support Mission in Libya report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2702 (2023)S/RES/2647 (2022)S/RES/2656 (2022)
2024	S/2024/301	United Nations Support Mission in Libya report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2647 (2022)S/RES/2656 (2022)S/RES/2702 (2023)

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Arms Embargo Elections Good Offices Humanitarian Assistance Libya Mercenaries Reconciliation Special Missions

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Decides to extend until 31 October 2026 the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), as an integrated special political mission to carry out its mandate, as set out in resolution 2542 (2020);

Reiterates its full support for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Libya and Head of UNSMIL, Hanna S. Tetteh, in particular her mediation and good-offices role to further an inclusive political process, in line with relevant Security Council resolutions, building on the basis of the Libyan Political Agreement and the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) Roadmap, and building on the updated electoral laws agreed by the 6+6 Committee, welcomes the roadmap announced by the SRSG on 21 August 2025 and its three core pillars, further welcomes the SRSG’s commitment to conduct further consultations and provide further details on the roadmap, and calls upon the international community to fully support the SRSG and UNSMIL in the implementation of their mandate, and to engage constructively and in good faith with UNSMIL in the implementation of the roadmap, underscores the importance that all of UNSMIL’s activities work towards facilitating an inclusive Libyan-led and Libyan-owned political process, which will enable the ending of the transitional period, reunification of all institutions, and holding of free and fair national elections across Libya, conducted in a transparent and inclusive manner;

Encourages UNSMIL to implement the recommendations of the Strategic Review (S/2025/611), including:

• Continuing to place the support of a political solution to the Libyan conflict at the core of the mission’s mandate,

• Streamlining UNSMIL’s workstreams to advance Libya’s political process,

• Establishing a more consistent presence across Libya, including targeted expansions of the mission in Benghazi and Sabha while maintaining a cost-neutral realignment and within existing resources,

• Increasing engagement in eastern and southern Libya with key stakeholders to support reunification efforts,

• Establishing a dedicated economic section within UNSMIL,

• Assuming a leading role in international engagement on Libya, particularly in relation to the Berlin Process, encouraging its full participation and continued evolution and inclusivity to further advance the process,

• Recognising that UNSMIL’s engagement on human rights and the rule of law remains integral to the country’s political process,

while fulfilling its mandate in close coordination with the Libyan authorities, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure appropriate security arrangements for UN personnel, premises and assets as UNSMIL reconfigures;

Requests, in its implementation of the recommendations of the Strategic Review, UNSMIL to explore all avenues to increase efficiency and redeploy existing resources, including through the prioritisation and the reconfiguration of tasks and resources, as needed and where appropriate, and requests the Secretary-General to update the Council on the implementation of the recommendations of the Strategic Review in the reporting requested in paragraph 14 of this resolution, including in regard to mission efficiencies;

Recalls the LPDF Roadmap, regrets that a number of its deliverables have yet to be achieved and its timelines were not met, underlines that the objectives and governing principles as set out in the LPDF Roadmap, in particular articles 1, 2 and 6, are still relevant to the political process, including the principles of financial responsibility, anti-corruption and transparency, rejects actions that could lead to violence or greater divisions in Libya, and recognises the desire of the Libyan people to have their say in who governs them through elections;

Urges the Libyan political institutions and key stakeholders to resolve outstanding politically contentious issues pertaining to elections as soon as possible, and, in this regard, calls upon Libyan political institutions and key stakeholders to engage fully, transparently and in good faith, and without preconditions, and make the compromises necessary to progress a Libyan-led and Libyan-owned, UNSMIL-facilitated negotiation, building on previous political agreements and the roadmap announced by the SRSG, in order to deliver free, fair, transparent and inclusive national presidential and parliamentary elections as soon as possible across the country, on the basis of viable electoral laws, aiming at, inter alia, forming a unified Libyan government able to govern across the country and representing the whole people of Libya, and calls on all Libyan stakeholders to take steps to reunify Libya’s political, economic, military and security state institutions, and safeguard the independence of the judiciary;

Welcomes the technical support provided by the United Nations to the Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC), and encourages the continuation of this support to enable the HNEC to deliver free, fair, transparent and inclusive national presidential and parliamentary elections across Libya, as well as local elections across Libya, welcomes the completion of local elections in the majority of municipalities, and urges Libyan authorities to ensure that, in the remaining municipalities where local elections were previously suspended, voter registration and elections proceed without obstruction, and further welcomes UNSMIL’s efforts to support voter registration including by women;

Underlines the importance of an inclusive, comprehensive national dialogue and victim-centred reconciliation process based on the principles of transitional justice, welcomes the efforts of the Presidential Council to launch the national reconciliation process, and the support of the African Union in that regard, encourages further cooperation between the Presidential Council, the African Union, and UNSMIL on national reconciliation efforts, and further encourages further progress, recognises the important role of other regional organisations, including the League of Arab States and the European Union, and calls upon the relevant Libyan institutions and authorities to implement confidence-building measures to create an environment conducive for successful national presidential and parliamentary elections, including by ensuring the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women, and inclusion of youth and civil society representatives, in all activities and decision-making relating to democratic transition and reconciliation efforts;

Expresses concern at the humanitarian situation in Libya, calls on international partners to provide humanitarian assistance, in coordination with the Libyan authorities and the United Nations, calls on the Libyan authorities and relevant stakeholders to allow and facilitate full, safe and unhindered humanitarian access to those in need, and calls for reconstruction to be managed and distributed transparently, with effective oversight and accountability to the Libyan people;

Emphasises that there can be no military solution in Libya, calls upon all parties to refrain from violence, military actions or any other actions that could escalate tensions, exacerbate conflicts, endanger civilians and undermine the political process or the 23 October 2020 ceasefire in Libya, which should be implemented in full, and requests UNSMIL, in line with its existing mandate and within existing resources, to provide support to Libyan-led and Libyan owned initiatives which reduce the risk of a return to widespread conflict, including the 5+5 Joint Military Commission, and including through the facilitation of confidence building measures, dialogue and reconciliation between armed actors to prevent violence and conflict escalation through UNSMIL’s mediation and good offices;

Recalls that the measures set out in resolution 1970 (2011), as modified by subsequent resolutions, shall apply to individuals and entities determined by the United Nations Sanctions Committee to be engaging in or providing support for acts that threaten the peace, stability or security of Libya or obstruct or undermine the successful completion of its political transition, including by obstructing or undermining the elections, and demands full compliance by all Member States with the arms embargo imposed under resolution 1970 (2011), as modified by subsequent resolutions, including by ceasing all support for and withdrawing all mercenaries, foreign fighters, and foreign forces, and demands all Member States not to intervene in the conflict or take measures that exacerbate the conflict;

Urges all Member States to respect fully the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and national unity of Libya, and refrain from external interference which seeks to undermine Libya’s sovereignty and foment conflict and instability in Libya and the wider region;

Calls on all parties to take further steps to implement the 23 October 2020 ceasefire agreement in full, including the Action Plan for the withdrawal of mercenaries, foreign fighters, and foreign forces agreed by the 5+5 Joint Military Commission in Geneva on 8 October 2021, which is to be implemented in a synchronised, phased, gradual and balanced manner, and urges Member States to respect and support its full implementation, including through the withdrawal of all mercenaries, foreign fighters, and foreign forces from Libya without further delay;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council on the implementation of this resolution every 60 days;

Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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