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Tue, 03/01/2011 - 20:31
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Qatar Medical Team Facing 'Difficulty' in Western Border of Libya
Doha, March 01 (QNA) - A medical team sent by Qatar to attend to the victims of violence in Libya is facing difficulties in the western frontiers of the Arab African country, currently battling a popular uprising which has left hundreds dead and sparked a refugee crisis.
Speaking to Qatar News Agency (QNA) today, a spokesperson for Qatar Charity, said, "Based on the report by our partners who are already in the field, no restrictions are recorded from the eastern frontiers. Some difficulties are mainly in the western frontiers of Libya."
He said this in reply to a question on whether the movement of the medical team sent by Qatar Charity in co-ordination with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) was restricted or prevented by the Libyan authorities.
The team from Qatar is yet to reach its destination, the spokesperson said.
Qatar Charity's global partners in the medical and aid relief mission are Egypt's Arab Medical Union and Islamic Relief Worldwide from United Kingdom.
Qatar Charity has pledged QR 3.5 Million relief aid to the victims of the revolt against the embattled Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Other charity groups from Qatar too have joined the humanitarian operations in Libya. A series of relief campaigns have been launched. On Sunday 40 tonnes of relief aid was despatched to Libya, according to media reports today.
Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has launched a relief campaign which "aims to provide QR 6.5 Million worth of assistance to the afflicted" in Libya, according to reports.
Charity groups here have pledged an aggregate of around QR 10 Million worth of medicines, medical equipment, food and relief supplies to the victims of civil unrest which has seen people fleeing from Libya to neighbouring countries.
The situation on Libya's border with Tunisia has reached crisis point, as tens of thousands of foreigners flee unrest in the country, a BBC News report said today quoting the United Nations.
The UN Refugee Agency emergency teams have co-ordinated with Tunisian and Egyptian authorities to help more than 110,000 of people who have fled Libya.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has expressed his concern for refugees and other foreigners who might be trapped in the beleaguered North African nation.
"There are no planes and boats to evacuate people originating from war-torn or very poor countries," Guterres said, urging governments to consider the needs of all vulnerable people and not just their own citizens. "Many of these people feel targeted and afraid, and have no resources," he said in the agency's website.
Qatar's medical and relief missions are timely given the situation in Libya. (QNA)
Speaking to Qatar News Agency (QNA) today, a spokesperson for Qatar Charity, said, "Based on the report by our partners who are already in the field, no restrictions are recorded from the eastern frontiers. Some difficulties are mainly in the western frontiers of Libya."
He said this in reply to a question on whether the movement of the medical team sent by Qatar Charity in co-ordination with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) was restricted or prevented by the Libyan authorities.
The team from Qatar is yet to reach its destination, the spokesperson said.
Qatar Charity's global partners in the medical and aid relief mission are Egypt's Arab Medical Union and Islamic Relief Worldwide from United Kingdom.
Qatar Charity has pledged QR 3.5 Million relief aid to the victims of the revolt against the embattled Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Other charity groups from Qatar too have joined the humanitarian operations in Libya. A series of relief campaigns have been launched. On Sunday 40 tonnes of relief aid was despatched to Libya, according to media reports today.
Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has launched a relief campaign which "aims to provide QR 6.5 Million worth of assistance to the afflicted" in Libya, according to reports.
Charity groups here have pledged an aggregate of around QR 10 Million worth of medicines, medical equipment, food and relief supplies to the victims of civil unrest which has seen people fleeing from Libya to neighbouring countries.
The situation on Libya's border with Tunisia has reached crisis point, as tens of thousands of foreigners flee unrest in the country, a BBC News report said today quoting the United Nations.
The UN Refugee Agency emergency teams have co-ordinated with Tunisian and Egyptian authorities to help more than 110,000 of people who have fled Libya.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has expressed his concern for refugees and other foreigners who might be trapped in the beleaguered North African nation.
"There are no planes and boats to evacuate people originating from war-torn or very poor countries," Guterres said, urging governments to consider the needs of all vulnerable people and not just their own citizens. "Many of these people feel targeted and afraid, and have no resources," he said in the agency's website.
Qatar's medical and relief missions are timely given the situation in Libya. (QNA)
