Day: August 31, 2022

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Libya Epidemiological Bulletin: Week 34, 22 August 2022 – 28 August 2022

Highlights

Reports were received from 126 out of 228 reporting facilities (55.3%) in week 34. Compared to 119 (52.2%) in week 33.

The total number of consultatations reported during the reporting week was 24,962 compared to 29,341 consultations during week 33.

The highest number of consultations in week 34 were AURI(2,094 cases), AD(783 cases), followed by ALRI(573 cases)

A total of 3330 alerts were generated by eWARN system in week 34, 2022; Of these 116 alerts were verified as true for further investigations with appropriate response.

Source: Government of Libya

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France calls on Libyan parties to avoid acts of violence and to finalize the constitutional basis necessary for the holding of elections

Tripoli, 31 August 2022 (Lana) France has called on the Libyan parties to finalize the constitutional basis necessary to hold elections without delay.

This came in a speech delivered by the French UN Permanent Representative at the Security Council meeting on Tuesday on the situation in Libya.

In her speech, the French delegate called for a dialogue between the main security parties and for the process of implementing the plan for the withdrawal of foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya.

“Paris has followed with concern return of tension to Libya and the violence that has erupted in Tripoli over the past two days, considering it an evidence of the unsustainable situation,” she said.

France renewed its call on the Libyan parties to reach a sustainable political solution, which requires establishment of a unified and inclusive government capable of exercising its powers over the entire country, stressing the need to continue to resume oil production and distribute its revenues equitably among Libyans.

Source: Libyan News Agency

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China calls on all parties in Libya to resolve differences through dialogue and to avoid all forms of violence

Beijing, 31 August 2022 (Lana) China has called on all parties in Libya to exercise maximum restraint and resolve their differences through negotiations, and to avoid all forms of violence.

In a briefing to the UN Security Council meeting on Libya, the Chinese envoy said in remarks reported by the China News Agency on Wednesday that Beijing was deeply concerned about the recent clashes in the capital Tripoli, expressing hope that the Libyan parties will maintain the momentum of dialogue and negotiations achieved in the previous period.

China’s deputy representative to the Security Council said the international community should adhere to the principle of a Libyan-led and Libyan-owned process, provide constructive assistance to the country, and avoid imposing a solution from abroad, calling on the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to actively promote dialogue and negotiations between the Libyan parties.

The Chinese diplomat stressed that his country “welcomes the full resumption of Libyan oil production, and urges the parties to intensify consultation on the distribution of oil revenues, in order to ensure that the revenues of resources benefit the entire population.

Source: Libyan News Agency