Highlights
- Escalating fighting over the past three days in Libya and hostilities concentrated along the coast between Ras Lanuf and Sirte, and in the towns of Beriaga, Zawiya and Misrata have made delivering aid difficult for the Libyan Red Crescent
- The UN Secretary-General appealed to the Foreign Minister of Libya, Mr. Musa Kusa, on 6 March for an end to the hostilities, for full compliance with Security Council resolution 1970, the authorities in Tripoli to respect the human rights of all the country's people, and to lift restrictions on the media. Mr. Kusa has agreed access only for Tripoli.
- Mr. Kusa has agreed to the Secretary-General's suggestion to immediately dispatch a humanitarian assessment team to Tripoli although no date for the mission has been confirmed.
- The UN Secretary General has appointed the former Foreign Minister of Jordan, Mr. Abdelilah Al-Khatib as his Special Envoy.
- ERC has designated Mr. Khalikov (Head of OCHA GVA) as the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Libya crisis effective today, who will travel extensively in the region and work closely with the Resident Coordinators for Libya, Tunisia, Egypt and Niger.
- The UNHCR High Commissioner and Director for the Middle East and North Africa Bureau will be on mission in Tunisia from 7 to10 March.
- The Regional Flash Appeal for the Libyan Crisis for USD 160 million for three months (UNHCR portion USD 32 million) was launched on 7 March 2011 in Geneva for 400,000 beneficiaries leaving Libya and 600,000 within Libya.
- The European Union's High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton dispatched a fact-finding mission to Tripoli on 6 March charged with reporting on the humanitarian and evacuation needs to the EU Summit to be held on 11 March 2011.