Reports

The United Nations Human Rights Council today called for a comprehensive inquiry into allegations that sinking boats carrying migrants and asylum-seekers fleeing unrest in North Africa were abandoned to their fate at sea despite the alleged…

CHOUCHA CAMP, Tunisia, June 17 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres returned this week to North Africa and issued a fresh call for the international community to help countries like Tunisia who have…

It was critical for the outcome of the 2011 Conference of Parties to the Climate Change Convention to make operational the agreements reached last year in Cancun, but also to move forward on all aspects of…

Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC June 16, 2011 The United States is deeply concerned by reports of wide-scale rape in Libya. Since Eman al Obeidi bravely burst into a hotel in Tripoli on March 26 to…

This report is produced by OCHA in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by OCHA Libya. It covers the period from 9 to 16 June. The next report will be issued on or around 23…

Geneva, 17 June 2011 – The President of the international treaty banning anti-personnel mines has expressed “deep concern” about reports of new mine use in Libya. “New deployments of mines in Libya run counter to the…

by Sandra Cox A de-mining team run by one of the world’s largest humanitarian networks is clearing rebel-controlled Misrata of tons of unexploded ordnance to bring safety to the city’s civilians. In a race against time to clear…

KEY DEVELOPMENTS Early this week, a representative from USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) traveled from Benghazi to London to work with the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID)-led International Stabilization Response Team in analyzing the results…

Highlights • Clashes in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya continue with the situation remaining tense and unpredictable. • On 12 June, fighting was reported around Kikla, Bir al-Ghanem and al-Rayana in the Western Mountains region. Due to intensified fighting…

On 9 June 2011, the Human Rights Council (the Council) held an interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry (the Commission), which was created under Council resolution S-15/1 adopted at the Council’s 15th special session. The…