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CONTENTS SITUATION UPDATE LOGISTICS COORDINATION TRANSPORT STORAGE 1 SITUATION The WFP-chartered vessel, MV FEHIM BEY, has commenced inter-agency passenger and cargo transport services between Benghazi and Misrata as of 1st July. Access within the northern part of Eastern Libya remains open. Access constraints…

July 5, 2011 A nurse and president of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Belgium, Meinie Nicolai recently returned from Misrata, Libya, where she was on a medical assignment. How would you describe the medical situation in…

At 09:01 MSK an EMERCOM Ilyushin-76 airplane with humanitarian cargo set off today from the airfield Ramenskoye to Tripoli. There is a total of 36.2 tonnes of humanitarian cargo, including foods. The aid is rendered on the…

INTRODUCTION The uprising in Libya, which began on February 17, 2011, has led to fierce clashes between forces loyal to Col. Gaddafi and rebel fighters. The protest movement has given way to bloody repression, leading to the…

War's effects are often hardest on children, and the conflict in Libya is proving no exception. In this rebel stronghold, efforts are being made to help children cope. Life in camps A group of children play a pick-up…

Introduction On July 2, NATO heavily bombed from the air and from the sea the western front outside of Misurata and inflicted a high number of casualties among the Gaddafi forces. Consequently, the western front was quiet…

BENGHAZI, Libya, July 5 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency is part of a UN mission deployed in the eastern Libyan port of Benghazi to assist civilians affected by the conflict. The small UNHCR team includes…

SPEECH/11/504 European Parliament Strasbourg, 6 July 2011 Mr President, Honourable Members, the last time I spoke in this Parliament, in early May, I said that statements could and should be made – but that the priority is action. You will…

SALLUM, Egypt, July 5 (UNHCR) – In the harsh, arid landscape of Sallum, there is a small fragile figure, walking alone in the desert sun, shielding himself from the dust and wind, battling his inner fears…

05-07-2011 Operational Update The ICRC is gradually gaining access to areas throughout Libya where the need for humanitarian aid is reportedly most acute. After reaching the south-west, ICRC staff have now entered the Jebel Nefusa mountains. Responding to…