{"id":141825,"date":"2021-08-27T11:27:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T03:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=141825"},"modified":"2021-08-27T11:29:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T03:29:13","slug":"un-mission-hails-joint-libyan-security-force-to-protect-water-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=141825","title":{"rendered":"UN mission hails joint Libyan security force to protect water network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdnuploads.aa.com.tr\/uploads\/Contents\/2021\/08\/26\/thumbs_b_c_22ce2f641ad4631d7c726fbc97b27423.jpg?v=183635\" alt=\"UN hails joint Libyan force to secure water network\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TRIPOLI, Aug 27 (NNN-Xinhua) &#8212; The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) hailed Libya&#8217;s creation of a joint security force to protect the country&#8217;s water supply system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UNSMIL said in a statement that the joint force, from both sides of the demarcation lines, comprises the 166 Battalion for Protection and Security and the Tareq Bin Ziyad Brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is tasked with securing the Great Man-Made River, a major network of pipelines and aqueducts supplying fresh water to parts of Libya, according to the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan Kubis, special envoy of the UN secretary-general for Libya, said that the step &#8220;paves the way for further confidence-building measures.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that it had conducted workshops on mental health in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WHO had worked with relevant Libyan authorities to organize mental health events in medical facilities across the North African country, it said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The events sought to enhance capacity of doctors working in the primary health care sector in diagnosing and treating common mental illnesses, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to years of armed conflict and instability, Libya has been struggling to provide public services, including health care, for its people. &#8212; NNN-XINHUA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRIPOLI, Aug 27 (NNN-Xinhua) &#8212; The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) hailed Libya&#8217;s creation of a joint security force to protect the country&#8217;s water supply system. The UNSMIL said in a statement that the joint force, from both sides of the demarcation lines, comprises the 166 Battalion for Protection and Security and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":141826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141825"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/141826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}