UN calls for collective action to clear unexploded ordnance in Libya


  • World
  • Wednesday, 09 Nov 2022

TRIPOLI, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday called for collective action against unexploded ordnance in Libya following the death of a child in the south of Libyan capital Tripoli.

"The UNICEF is deeply shocked about the death of a 13-year-old boy yesterday succumbing to his injuries after a tragic incident on October 16 when he came in contact with explosive remnants of war (ERW) in the south of Ain Zara," Michele Servadei, the UNICEF representative in Libya, said in a statement.

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