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Libya Receives $47 Million for Humanitarian Assistance From The US

USAID Director of Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance Mark Bartolini today announced that the United States has committed $47 million toward humanitarian assistance efforts pertaining to Libya.

Mr. Bartolini stated that the United States Government continues to provide aid to the people of Libya. There have been some optimistic changes over the last two or three days, but conditions continue to be difficult to assess in many areas due to security.

According to Mr. Bartolini that in Misrata, there's been some pullback of forces. He said that there's still intense shelling of the city. There were 32 people were killed on Saturday and 8 people were killed on Sunday.

Mr. Bartolini also announced that the first shipment of Food for Peace, Title II food, arrived in Alexandria today.

The US $47 million worth of assistance to Libya comprised of the $13 million alloted to the International Organization of Migration to support the humanitarian air evacuation; $10 million to the World Food Program for various food operations; another 7 million to UNHCR mainly to support the camp populations, mostly in Tunisia and Egypt, of third-country migrants, another 7 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross; and then another $10 million to support NGOs as needed.

Source: U.S. Department of State