UNESCO Has Sent Experts To Libya To Help Rebuild After Hurricane Daniel
On September 10, thousands of civilians lost their lives when Cyclone Daniel hit northeastern Libya. This natural disaster has forced the displacement of tens The UNESCO has sent a delegation of experts to Libya to help rebuild after Cyclone Daniel hit northeastern Libya on September 10, which caused tens of thousands of civilians to lose their lives. The delegation will arrive in Tripoli today and will meet with the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the entire United Nations system to assess the needs of education, culture and science. They will also visit the Archaeological Site of Cyrene, the ancient city of Ptolemais and the cave of Haua Fteah, as well as Derna, one of the cities most affected by the disaster, with the purpose of assessing the damage to educational and heritage buildings. Finally, the delegation will visit DERNa, which was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982 and has been on the List of World Heritage in Danger since 2016, to assess damage and identify structures that require immediate consolidation.
Опубликовано : 2 года назад от Nation World News Desk в Weather
On September 10, thousands of civilians lost their lives when Cyclone Daniel hit northeastern Libya. This natural disaster has forced the displacement of tens of thousands of people and has had devastating effects on key sectors, including education, heritage conservation and water resources management.
To support the recovery of the affected areas, Libya requested assistance from UNESCO, in accordance with its mandate on education, culture and science. UNESCO immediately responded to this request, choosing to send a delegation of experts in close coordination with the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the entire United Nations system.
The delegation will arrive in Tripoli today. On Tuesday and Wednesday he will meet with the ministers of Education, Culture, Higher Education and Research, to identify their needs and decide which measures are the most urgent to apply.
Next, the UNESCO delegation will visit the Archaeological Site of Cyrene, which was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982 and has been on the List of World Heritage in Danger since 2016. During this visit, they will make an initial assessment of the flood. damage and identify structures that require immediate consolidation.
Experts will also explore other heritage sites in Cyrenaica: The ancient city of Ptolemais and the cave of Haua Fteah, both inscribed on the national Tentative World Heritage List, as well as the ancient city of Apollonia.
Finally, the UNESCO delegation will visit Derna, one of the cities most affected by the disaster, with the purpose of assessing the damage to educational and heritage buildings.
It also helps to plan the work of rehabilitation and reconstruction and work on emergency measures that need to be deployed in the meantime, especially to ensure the continuity of education and the security of buildings and heritage collections.
Темы: Hurricanes