Washington / New York .- The UN has called for a massive humanitarian evacuation of Libya's "thousands of Egyptians and people of other nationalities" seeking to leave the country. Thousands of Vietnamese, Indian, Turkish, Tunisian, Chinese and Thai workers are locked in the Tunisian border in a border situation that has already been described as "critical." The Secretary General of the OU, Ban Ki-moon, said that thousands of lives are at stake.
As reported by the BBC, about 75,000 people have fled to Tunisia since the riots began and more than 40,000 are waiting to cross. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration have called on governments worldwide to provide "all financial and logistical assets that can ...
including airplanes, ships and personnel." The two organizations say it is "essential" to the overcrowding of people who are living on the border and it gets worse every hour. "We need concrete action on the ground to provide humanitarian and medical assistance. Time is the key to saving thousands of lives," said Ban Ki-moon.
Antonio Guterres, head of the refugee agency of the UN, told the BBC: Mo to the BBC that "the mass evacuation is-necessary, because we are witnessing a major humanitarian disaster." More than 140,000 refugees, according to UNHCR The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates and more than 140,000 people have fled the situation in Libya to Egypt and Tunisia, after only 14,000 hours people crossing the border, the highest level to date.
According to the Tunisian authorities, between 70,000 and 75,000 people have fled into Tunisian territory since 20 February, while the Egyptian authorities have reported that some 69,000 people have crossed into Egypt since 19 February. UNHCR teams on the border between Libya and Tunisia have indicated that "the situation is reaching a critical point" at the border, which is expected to cross today between 10,000 and 15,000.
UNHCR has already installed 500 tents and plans to install over a thousand today for a total of 12,000 people have a shelter for tonight. You have organized two additional airlifts Thursday with tents and relief supplies for 10,000 people. The situation regarding water and sanitation remains fragile, says UN agency.
As the border between Libya and Tunisia, according to UNHCR, thousands of people are up to three days waiting in the Libyan side of the border to enter. These people are forced to spend the night outdoors, enduring the freezing cold and without shelter, underscores the humanitarian agency.
In Egypt, about 3,000 people remain in the arrivals and departures area waiting to gain access to a means of transportation in order to continue their journeys. Here, UNHCR distributed non-food items yesterday and food prepared by the Egyptian Red Crescent. Libya's expulsion of the Security Council while the UN General Assembly has removed Libya from the Human Rights Council, the international body for the brutal repression of protests by the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.
The decision is an unprecedented move and respond to the request he was transferred last Friday the HRC, after its 47 members agreed at a special meeting to request the suspension of the participation of Libya in the body in response to the violent response Gaddafi the popular uprising against his regime.
"The world has spoken with one voice, we demand an immediate end to violence against civilians and the full respect of fundamental rights, including freedom of expression and assembly," said Ban Ki-moon in a previous intervention to the vote. The General Assembly's action adds to the harsh measures taken by the Security Council against the Gaddafi regime, with which it wanted to send a strong message to Tripoli that the international community will not tolerate the systematic violations of human rights or attacks against civilians. 
As reported by the BBC, about 75,000 people have fled to Tunisia since the riots began and more than 40,000 are waiting to cross. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration have called on governments worldwide to provide "all financial and logistical assets that can ...
including airplanes, ships and personnel." The two organizations say it is "essential" to the overcrowding of people who are living on the border and it gets worse every hour. "We need concrete action on the ground to provide humanitarian and medical assistance. Time is the key to saving thousands of lives," said Ban Ki-moon.
Antonio Guterres, head of the refugee agency of the UN, told the BBC: Mo to the BBC that "the mass evacuation is-necessary, because we are witnessing a major humanitarian disaster." More than 140,000 refugees, according to UNHCR The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates and more than 140,000 people have fled the situation in Libya to Egypt and Tunisia, after only 14,000 hours people crossing the border, the highest level to date.
According to the Tunisian authorities, between 70,000 and 75,000 people have fled into Tunisian territory since 20 February, while the Egyptian authorities have reported that some 69,000 people have crossed into Egypt since 19 February. UNHCR teams on the border between Libya and Tunisia have indicated that "the situation is reaching a critical point" at the border, which is expected to cross today between 10,000 and 15,000.
UNHCR has already installed 500 tents and plans to install over a thousand today for a total of 12,000 people have a shelter for tonight. You have organized two additional airlifts Thursday with tents and relief supplies for 10,000 people. The situation regarding water and sanitation remains fragile, says UN agency.
As the border between Libya and Tunisia, according to UNHCR, thousands of people are up to three days waiting in the Libyan side of the border to enter. These people are forced to spend the night outdoors, enduring the freezing cold and without shelter, underscores the humanitarian agency.
In Egypt, about 3,000 people remain in the arrivals and departures area waiting to gain access to a means of transportation in order to continue their journeys. Here, UNHCR distributed non-food items yesterday and food prepared by the Egyptian Red Crescent. Libya's expulsion of the Security Council while the UN General Assembly has removed Libya from the Human Rights Council, the international body for the brutal repression of protests by the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.
The decision is an unprecedented move and respond to the request he was transferred last Friday the HRC, after its 47 members agreed at a special meeting to request the suspension of the participation of Libya in the body in response to the violent response Gaddafi the popular uprising against his regime.
"The world has spoken with one voice, we demand an immediate end to violence against civilians and the full respect of fundamental rights, including freedom of expression and assembly," said Ban Ki-moon in a previous intervention to the vote. The General Assembly's action adds to the harsh measures taken by the Security Council against the Gaddafi regime, with which it wanted to send a strong message to Tripoli that the international community will not tolerate the systematic violations of human rights or attacks against civilians.
No comments:
Post a Comment