The Head of the U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, briefed the Security Council on the massive flash floods that hit Libya, noting that the thousands of lives lost by the dam bursts which destroyed whole neighbourhoods after Storm Daniel slammed the country on 10 September.
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The United Nations’ top official in divided Libya on Monday called for a unified mechanism to lead the reconstruction of a coastal city that was wrecked by devastating floods last month.
UN Special Envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, met in Benghazi yesterday with several families who have been displaced by floods that swept parts of the country’s eastern region earlier this month.
UN agencies warned Monday that Libya’s flood-stricken city of Derna, where thousands were killed a week ago, faces the threat of disease outbreaks that could bring “a second devastating crisis”.
The use of advance warning systems would have lessened the casualties and damage caused by the recent devastating floods in Libya, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday.
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is ready to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to complement national and local efforts in response to the deadly storm that killed 150 people in eastern Libya.
The U.N. Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily held talks on Sunday with Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani.
Libya’s Presidential Council and the U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) are planning to jointly convene “Libyan-led and UNSMIL-facilitated negotiations between Libya’s main political and institutional leaders,” U.N. Envoy Abdoulaye Bathily revealed today.
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomed on Sunday the announcement of the finalization of the reunification of the Central Bank of Libya.
UN officials of various agencies, including UNSMIL, UNICEF and UN Office on Drugs and Crime, held talks in Tripoli on Saturday with Libyan youth representatives from across the country.