Rapports

(Tunis/New York/Geneva, 6 March 2011): Valerie Amos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, today called for urgent humanitarian access to Misrata in the west of Libya following reports of violence and killing in the area. "Humanitarian organizations…

(Tunis/New York, 6 March 2011): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos travelled yesterday to the Tunisia-Libya border to review the ongoing relief effort for people fleeing Libya and to look at what humanitarian agencies…

Rome 05 March 2011 Humanitarian operations under the coordination of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are proceeding rapidly at the Libya-Tunisia border. With the help of supplies that arrived today on a C-130 transport plane and that are to be dispatched…

Libyan forces close in on Zawiyah for second time in a day * Rebels earlier repelled Gaddafi forces from centre * Rebels report further advances west of oil port Ras Lanuf (Adds details, quotes throughout) By Maria Golovnina and Mohammed Abbas ZAWIYAH/RAS LANUF, Libya,…

By TOM KUNTZ Published: March 5, 2011 Until Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's violent suppression of unrest in recent weeks, the United Nations Human Rights Council was kind in its judgment of Libya. In January, it produced a draft report on the country…

This report is produced by OCHA in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by Cairo and New York. It covers the period from 3 March to 4 March. The next report will be issued on or around 5…

Despite the Security Council's multiple calls for the Libyan government to uphold its responsibility to protect, the Gaddafi regime is manifestly failing to do so. Reports continue to emerge of the regime using live ammunition against peaceful demonstrators and targeting…

Katherine Roux in Tunisia All day and well into the night, the wind has swept bitterly across the Tunisian-Libyan border point of Ras Jdir. As the sun sets and temperatures drop to 6 degrees Celsius, thousands of migrants sit huddled…

Friday, March 4th, 2011 at 8:20 pm UTC At least 30 people, including a rebel leader, have been reported killed in fierce battles as forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi launched an offensive Friday to retake a Western city…