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"Helping People Affected by the Conflict in Libya." //AusAID: The Australian Government's Overseas Aid Program//. Commonwealth of Australia, 9 Sept. 2011. Web. 04 Oct. 2011. .

> To support the protection of women and children, to address water, sanitation and hygiene needs in border camps, andto support education in Libya
 * __15 Facts:__ **
 * 1) Violence erupted in Libya in February 2011 after peaceful protesters, demonstrating against the detention of a prominent human rights lawyer, were fired upon by Muammar Gaddafi's forces.
 * 2) Thousands of Libyans rose up against the dictator's repressive rule, but violence soon turned into conflict as Gaddafi's forces attacked civilians and began indiscriminately shelling the country.
 * 3) Six months of continued fighting across the country culminated in opposition forces entering Tripoli on 20 August.
 * 4) The humanitarian situation remains fragile however, as almost 1 million people were displaced inside and outside of Libya at the height of the conflict.
 * 5) Families now seeking to return to their homes are facing new challenges, as infrastructure has been damaged, mines and unexploded ordnance threaten their safety and basic services are still being restored.
 * 6) Fighting also continues in some parts of the country.
 * 7) Through this difficult period of transition, Australia - third largest humanitarian donor - has provided $41.1 million in humanitarian funding to United Nations agencies, the Red Crescent Movement and Non Government Organisations to continue to meet the most urgent humanitarian needs.
 * 8) Australian funding has enabled food, shelter, water and sanitation, and medical care to be delivered quickly and effectively to the most vulnerable people within Libya, at its borders, and in neighbouring countries hosting people who have fled the conflict.
 * 9) Australia also supported the sea evacuation of more than 2,000 people from Misrata by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in May, when the city was being shelled and road access was cut.
 * 10) Australia's assistance helped innocent civilians escape the heavy fighting.
 * 11) Australia has deployed six humanitarian experts to the region to support the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Tunisia and Egypt to help manage and coordinate the international response on Libya's borders.
 * 12) As the conflict reaches its final stages and the National Transitional Council is poised to establish an interim Government, Australia and the international community stand by to help Libya recover from the conflict and establish itself as a new, stronger Mediterranean nation.
 * 13) according to IOM and UNHCR, more than 650,000 people have left Libya and not returned due to the conflict, and a further 218,000 are internally displaced
 * 14) As the lead UN agency for protection, UNHCR is a key partner in meeting critical humanitarian needs in Libya.
 * 15) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF):