Lybia agrees for humanitarian aid

The United Nations has reached an agreement for providing humanitarian aid to the besieged Libyan city of Misurata, which has seen weeks of fighting between the forces of Muammar Gaddafi and the rebels.

The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Libya Abdul Ilah Al-Khatib and the UN's top humanitarian affairs coordinator Valerie Amos visited Tripoli yesterday.

They held talks with the Libyan regime and asked them to cease hostilities to provide safe passage for people to leave and allow urgent medical supplies into the city.

Ban said that the UN had already established a humanitarian presence in Benghazi and now the Libyan authorities have agreed to establish a humanitarian presence in Tripoli.
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