UN envoy stresses swift, coordinated recovery efforts in floods-hit Libya

STORY: UN envoy stresses swift, coordinated recovery efforts in floods-hit Libya DATELINE: Sept. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:32 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescuers 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): RABEE AL-UMAEE, Egyptian resident of al-Bayda city STORYLINE: The special representative of the UN secretary-general for Libya on Sunday stressed the importance of swift, coordinated and united efforts to recover from the floods that hit eastern Libya last week. Abdoulaye Bathily made the remarks in a meeting with President of the Libyan Presidency Council Mohamed Menfi in the capital Tripoli, during which he expressed condolences on behalf of the UN after deadly floods swept the city of Derna and other areas, Bathily wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. The UN envoy said he emphasized the need for transparency and accountability in the use of resources during the recovery and reconstruction process and proposed the establishment of an inclusive mechanism to oversee the recove