Geneva, 26 Aug (EFE).-the World Health Organization (who) reported today from has your bank account EUR 100 million, from the Libyan funds frozen in European financial institutions, which allocated to emergency aid in Libya.
The spokesman for the who, Tarik Jasarevic, estimated at press conference in Geneva that money will be used to “to deal with medical urgent needs within a period of eight weeks to three months”, especially to assist the injured during fighting between the Libyan regime and the forces opposition.
Jasarevic explained that aid will make it possible to alleviate the serious deficiencies facing the Libyan hospital system, to the brink of collapse by international sanctions and the increase in hostilities, particularly in recent days at Tripoli.
Spokesman who said that the aid that may bring additional way this body will join soon the 45 metric tons of humanitarian aid, amounting to 5.6 million euros, which were acquired recently by the authorities Libyan.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has also increased in the last few hours their efforts to improve the situation with the evacuation of hundreds of foreigners, migrants mostly, who were trapped in the fighting of TrÃpoli.
On the night of Thursday sailed from the port of the Libyan capital a first ship with 263 people aboard chartered by this organization, which today has sent a new ship from the city of Benghazi in order to evacuate 1,000 people weekend.
Jemini Pandya, spokesman for the IOM, stated that this ship transported Tripoli road medical supplies of emergency, as well as 50 members of different organizations humanitarian.
Pandya explained that the intention of the IOM is deliver these supplies and evacuate the 1,000 people expected the ship “between Saturday night and Sunday morning”, but added that everything will depend on the security situation in the city.
Staff that this organization has in the vicinity of the port of Tripoli reported in the last hours of intense gunfire, making it difficult operations to proceed with the evacuation.
“Continued fighting in parts of the city, many control points and sniper fire represent major obstacles to moving around the city, as well as lack of fuel,” said the spokesman for the IOM.
The IOM has no specific figures of the number of migrants who want to leave Tripoli, scene of heavy fighting in recent days between troops of the regime of Muammar-Gaddafi and the opposing forces, and is limited to point out that “several thousand people have registered for assistance”.
“The information is very fragmented.” It is difficult to know the numbers. “Even the embassies know”, said Pandya.
The evacuees of Tripoli will be transported to Benghazi, a transit center, and from there, at a date still to be determined, to the border with Egypt, where IOM provide them the necessary assistance so that they can return to their respective countries. EFE
