UNSMIL condemns targeting health facilities and hospitals.

Tripoli, 26.10.2019 - Lana - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has strongly condemned attacks on any civilian targets, including health facilities, field hospitals and medical teams. In a statement on Friday, the mission confirmed that the United Nations had documented at least 58 attacks on medical staff and health facilities during 2019, till the 25th of October. The mission categorically denied rumors that it had received coordinates for hospitals and field clinics operating south of Tripoli and had passed them on to one of the parties of the conflict. The United Nations reiterates that it has not received any coordinates for hospitals and field clinics and has not provided them to any of the parties. The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) emphasized that targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure is a violation of international humanitarian and human rights law and may amount to war crimes. The principles of discrimination and proportionality must be fully respected at all times in accordance with international human rights and humanitarian law. =Lana=