UNESCO advises Libya on recovery after Storm Daniel

According to a statement by the Multilateral Authority, the escort is responding to a request for assistance from the North African country, where the weather phenomenon left thousands dead and displaced, in addition to significant material damage.

The organization said that UNESCO immediately responded positively to this request, and chose to send a delegation of experts in close coordination with the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (Unsmil) and the entire United Nations system.

Likewise, he explained that the support seeks to mitigate the impact of Storm Daniel on key socio-economic sectors such as education, heritage conservation and water resources management.

According to the delegation’s programme, specialists will hold meetings today and tomorrow with the highest authorities in the ministries of education, culture, higher education and research, in order to identify their needs and determine the procedures that must be urgently implemented.

They will then visit the archaeological site of Cyrene, which was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982 and has been on the World Heritage in Danger List since 2016, a visit that will allow for a preliminary assessment of the damage caused by the floods. He added that it will identify structures that need urgent strengthening.

Experts will also inspect other heritage sites in Cyrenaica: the ancient city of Ptolemy and the Hawa Fteh Cave, both included in the Tentative National World Heritage List, as well as the ancient city of Apollonia.

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