Libya: EU To Launch Mission To Help Misratah (Will Evacuate Wounded & Provide Food, Water +Medicine)

[Turborama]

Source: Sky News

12:07pm UK, Saturday April 09, 2011

The European Union is preparing to launch a humanitarian mission to the Libyan city of Misratah.

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A spokesman told the Reuters news agency government troops had advanced on the heavily populated Esqeer district where families are crammed together in the few remaining safe districts.

The EU has now announced measures to evacuate the wounded and provide food, water and medical supplies.

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Pressing the United Nations to allow a humanitarian mission, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon saying the 27-nation bloc was ready to come to the aid of Misratah.

Read more: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Libya-EU-Pledges-To-Launch-Humanitarian-Mission-In-Misratah-Where-Heavy-Fighting-Has-Taken-Place/Article/201104215969208?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_3&lid=ARTICLE_15969208_Libya:_EU_Pledges_To_Launch_Hu

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Much more on what's been happening in Misrata in this OP and the replies...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4800047">Libyan wounded describe "hell" of Misrata

And in this video: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x570341">Misrata “Hell” Captured On Video

[dipsydoodle]

1. Evacuate to where ?

And how ? :shrug:

[Turborama]

3. For answers to the "how?", look at the 1st OP I linked to above.

Specifically, read about what Turkey and Médecins Sans Frontières have done recently.

[dipsydoodle]

4. I'd forgotten the Turkish ship

from earlier in the week.

edit : found it now. They took them down the road apiece to Benghazi. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12953538

[Turborama]

5. That's where they stopped to pick up some more injured people. Final destination was Turkey...

Injured Libyans arrive in Turkey

BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhuanet) -- A Turkish ship has evacuated more than 300 hundred injured people from, the Libyan cities, of Misrata and Benghazi.

The ship docked in the port of Cesme in Western Turkey on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a Red Crescent ship carrying food and medicine from Turkey has arrived in Benghazi.

The evacuees appeared happy to reach safe shores.

Medics wheeled the injured on stretchers into a portside field hospital.

Full article: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/video/2011-04/06/c_13815450.htm

CCTV Video Report: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHAhimJzCmU

Also, reply #15 in the thread I was pointing you to has an article about this in it: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4800047&mesg_id=4801537

Lastly, at the end of the BBC article you linked to...

The Ankara would pick up about 100 more wounded before setting sail for the Turkish port of Cesme, where the casualties would be treated in a well-equipped, well-supplied, modern hospital, officials said.

[pinboy3niner]

2. U.N. situation report on recent humanitarian affairs activities, challenges

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Crisis: Situation Report No. 22


Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)


Date: 08 Apr 2011


This report is produced by OCHA Libya in collaboration with humanitarian partners, covering the period of 5 to 7 April. The next report will be issued on or around 10 April.

HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

· The United Nations and the humanitarian community were able to deliver life-saving humanitarian
aid through a World Food Programme-chartered ship which has docked at Misrata port on 7 April.

· A temporary cessation of hostilities has been urgently called for by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos.

· The presence of landmines, abandoned munitions and unexploded ordnances inside Libya pose a serious threat to civilians.

· The US$ 310 million Flash Appeal for the Libyan Crisis is currently funded at 39 per cent with US$ 120 million committed and US$ 1.4 million in pledges.

Full_report (pdf format - 532.8 Kbytes) (6 pages):
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/VVOS-8FQQFW/$File/full_report.pdf


http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/VVOS-8FQQFW?OpenDocument

The mission of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors.
http://ochaonline.un.org