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30 December 2011 - 2:11pm2011 has been a deeply challenging year for millions of people around the world - and stretched the capacity of humanitarian aid organisations to the limit. An earthquake and tsunami in Japan, drought and famine in the Horn of Africa, and flooding in Central America, Pakistan and Southeast Asia,... -
3 June 2011 - 5:53amThe Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya and a team including representatives from IOM, OCHA, UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS), UNICEF, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), WHO, and WFP started a mission to Tripoli on 28 May. The team is conducting assessments of humanitarian... -
20 April 2011 - 2:53pmERC Valerie Amos completed a successful mission to Libya, during which she obtained an agreement with the Government on 17 April 2011 to establish a UN humanitarian presence in Tripoli. According to ERC Amos, the agreement will “enable us to move around and see exactly what is happening for ourselves... -
15 April 2011 - 4:50pmCivilians are in grave danger as fighting between Government and opposition forces continues in western Libya. More reports emerged yesterday of heavy shelling of the port of Misrata, which resulted in several casualties and prevented ships from docking. Several hundred women, children, third-country... -
6 April 2011 - 12:29pmAs hostilities continue, there is a dire need for humanitarian aid and increased access to conflict-affected areas of north-western Libya. The humanitarian community is concerned about support for health facilities and protecting civilians from gender-based violence and human rights violations. The...
