UN Mission To Remain In Libya For Delivering Humanitarian Aid - Special Envoy
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published April 22, 2019 | 11:10 PM
UNITED NATIONS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd April, 2019) The United Nations will remain in Libya to provide humanitarian assistance necessary to address the needs of the people affected by the conflict in the country, UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Maria Ribeiro said during a press briefing on Monday.
"We have through the many partners that we have here, we will continue to remain and to attempt to do everything we can to deliver the humanitarian responses that are appropriate in these circumstances," Ribeiro said.
She added that there has been a concern over the lack of humanitarian access into Tripoli.
On April 4, Libyan National Army (LNA) Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar ordered LNA troops to advance on Tripoli in a bid to drive out what he called terrorist forces. In response, armed forces loyal to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) started a military operation against the LNA.
According to the World Health Organization, as many as 220 people have been killed and more than 1,000 have been injured since the beginning of the LNA offensive on Tripoli.
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