Security Council Resolution 2835 (2026) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Support Mission in Libya (Unsmil) Until 31 Oct. 2027]

S/RES/2835 (2026)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 220 The situation in Libya, published in 2026.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2022–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	S/RES/2835 (2026)	Security Council resolution 2835 (2026) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 31 Oct. 2027]	—	—
2025	S/RES/2796 (2025)	Security Council resolution 2796 (2025) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 31 Oct. 2026]	—	—
2023	S/RES/2702 (2023)	Security Council resolution 2702 (2023) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 31 Oct. 2024]	—	—
2022	S/RES/2656 (2022)	Security Council resolution 2656 (2022) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 31 Oct. 2023]	—	—
2022	S/RES/2647 (2022)	Security Council resolution 2647 (2022) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 31 Oct. 2022]	—	–

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?

18 operative paragraphs

Decides to extend until 31 October 2027 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, welcomes the roadmap announced by the SRSG on 21 August 2025 and its three core pillars, and notes the completion of the UNSMIL-facilitated Structured Dialogue;

Welcomes as a basis for the mediation and good-offices role of the SRSG, the agreement of the Libyan parties reached within the ‘Smaller Convening’ to engage in good faith and without delay towards unifying all institutions, including military and security institutions and the judiciary, establishing a single executive authority, and holding presidential and parliamentary elections within 24 months, underlines the importance and necessity of this agreement being supported and accepted by all Libyan stakeholders, recognises the SRSG’s efforts to engage Libyan stakeholders to further an inclusive process, and encourages her to continue such efforts;

Calls on 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, and 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;

Notes steps undertaken by UNSMIL to implement the recommendations of the Strategic Review (S/2025/611) and encourages UNSMIL to continue:

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

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

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

• Maintaining a dedicated economic section within UNSMIL, including to coordinate technical support to Libyan institutions to address fuel smuggling, the diversion of public resources and the illicit exploitation of State resources, on request by the relevant Libyan authorities, while maintaining a cost-neutral realignment and within existing resources,

• 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 17 of this resolution, including in regard to mission efficiencies;

Recalls the LPDF Roadmap, whose objectives and governing principles, 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;

Calls on Libyan political institutions and key stakeholders to engage fully, transparently and in good faith, without preconditions and without delay, 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, and the agreement of the Libyan parties reached within the ‘Smaller Convening’ to deliver free and fair national presidential and parliamentary elections conducted in a transparent and inclusive manner across the country, unified national institutions, including military and security institutions and the judiciary, and a single executive authority;

Urges all Libyan stakeholders to take steps to reunify all institutions, including military and security institutions and the judiciary, and support the formation of a unified Libyan government able to govern across the country and representing the whole people of Libya, further urges all stakeholders to refrain from obstructing or undermining such efforts, which are essential to the successful completion of Libya’s political transition, and recalls the measures specified in paragraph 4 of resolution 2174 (2014);

Welcomes the commitment to reconstitute the board of the HNEC and encourages the continuation of the United Nations support to enable the HNEC to deliver free and fair national presidential and parliamentary elections across Libya conducted in a transparent and inclusive manner;

Underlines the importance of an inclusive, comprehensive national dialogue and victim-centred reconciliation process based on the principles of transitional justice, calls on all Libyan stakeholders to safeguard the independence of the judiciary, and calls on the relevant Libyan institutions and authorities 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;

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 on 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 have provided 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 to have provided support for armed groups or criminal networks through illicit exploitation of crude oil or refined petroleum in Libya and illicit export of crude oil or refined petroleum from Libya, including through any payments for crude oil exported from Libya credited outside the account of the National Oil Corporation at the Libyan Foreign Bank, 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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