
The Address | Benghazi – Libya
BENGHAZI – The Mayor of Benghazi, Chancellor Abdulrahman Alabbar, met on Thursday in Benghazi, Humanitarian Coordinator in the United Nations Mission in Libya, Maria do Valle Ribeiro, and the accompanying delegation.
The meeting discussed the humanitarian needs of the city, ways of expanding UN assistance to Cyrenaica, as well as the opening of a new UN office in Benghazi, which will begin soon.
According to the UN mission, Ribeiro briefed Alabbar on the United Nations initiative to identify the city of Benghazi, a reference to an urban assessment of the city that examines recent population changes due to displacement and impacts on the social and economic sectors and coping strategies adopted by the population.