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22 March 2011 - 4:07pm22 March is World Water Day. Providing people with access to safe water and to sanitation is incredibly important in any emergency. Without clean drinking water people cannot survive. Without proper sanitation and good hygiene, the risk of water-borne diseases puts people’s lives further at risk... -
21 March 2011 - 1:39pmPursuant to Security Council Resolution 1973, on 19 March, an international coalition launched air strikes on Libyan Government forces. Media sources have reported that French jets who fired the first shots have hit government tanks and armoured vehicles on the road to the west of Benghazi. US and British... -
20 March 2011 - 1:18pmOn 18 March 2011, Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency raised the alert level to five on a seven-point international scale for atomic accidents as officials continued to drop water onto the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The following day electricity was partially restored, but the... -
18 March 2011 - 10:24amOn 17 March the Security Council adopted resolution 1973 (2011) which authorizes the use of force in Libya to protect civilians from attack, specifically in the eastern city of Benghazi, which Colonel Muammar Al-Qadhafi has reportedly said he will storm tonight to end a revolt against his regime.... -
16 March 2011 - 11:53pmOn 14 March, the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) for Libya, Mr. Rashid Khalikov, visited the town of Az Zawiyah. He noted the heavy military presence and observed that more than 24 buildings in the centre of Az Zawiyah have been destroyed. The majority of shops were closed. There was no noticeable commercial...
