UN Documents for Libya: Security Council Resolutions

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31 October 2025 S/RES/2796 This resolution extended UNSMIL’s mandate for twelve months and encouraged the mission to implement the recommendations from the strategic review.
29 May 2025 S/RES/2780 This resolution renewed for six months the authorisation for member states, acting nationally or through regional organisations, to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya, bound to or from Libya, that they have reasonable grounds to believe are violating the arms embargo.
16 January 2025 S/RES/2769 This resolution renewed the mandate of the Panel of Experts of the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee until 15 May 2026 and the authorisation of measures related to the illicit export of petroleum from Libya until 1 May 2026.
31 October 2024 S/RES/2755 This resolution extended UNSMIL’s mandate for three months, until 31 January 2025, with a “further automatic extension” of an additional nine months, until 31 October 2025, if a new Special Representative and Head of UNSMIL has been appointed by 31 January 2025.
31 May 2024 S/RES/2733 This resolution renewed for one year the authorisation for member states, acting nationally or through regional organisations, to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya that they have reasonable grounds to believe are violating the arms embargo.
30 October 2023 S/RES/2702 This resolution extended UNSMIL's mandate until 31 October 2024.
19 October 2023 S/RES/2701 This resolution renewed the mandate of the Panel of Experts of the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee and the authorisation of measures contained in resolution 2146 of 19 March 2014 related to the illicit export of petroleum from Libya.
29 September 2023 S/RES/2698 This resolution renewed for one year the authorisation for member states, acting nationally or through regional organisations, to inspect and seize vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya that they have reasonable grounds to suspect are being used for migrant smuggling or human trafficking from Libya.
2 June 2023 S/RES/2684 This resolution renewed for one year the authorisation for member states, acting nationally or through regional organisations, to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya that they have reasonable grounds to believe are violating the arms embargo.
28 October 2022 S/RES/2656 This resolution extended UNSMIL’s mandate until 31 October 2023.
29 September 2022 S/RES/2652 This resolution renewed the authorisation for member states, acting nationally or through regional organisations, to inspect and seize vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya that they have reasonable grounds to suspect are being used for migrant smuggling or human trafficking from Libya
28 July 2022 S/RES/2647 This resolution extended UNSMIL’s mandate until 31 October 2022.
13 July 2022 S/RES/2644 This was a resolution renewing the measures related to the illicit export of petroleum from Libya until 30 October 2023 and the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee until 15 November 2023.
3 June 2022 S/RES/2635 This renewed for one year the authorisation for member states to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya, by a vote of 14 in favour with Russia abstaining.
29 April 2022 S/RES/2629 This resolution extended UNSMIL’s mandate until 31 July. It maintained UNSMIL’s core mandated tasks while authorizing a restructuring of the mission.