Statement of Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya on repeated attacks on Mitiga airport

Tripoli, 4 August 2019 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya Ghassan Salame condemns the repeated indiscriminate shelling targeting Mitiga airport, the only indispensable functioning airport   available for use by millions of civilians and for the delivery of humanitarian assistance   in the greater Tripoli area.  These attacks have continued unabated since the start of the LNA offensive against Tripoli on 4 April...