United
Nations, Oct 20: The United Nations family of agencies and programmes is
continuing to roll out its response in support of the recovery and clean-up
effort in Mogadishu following Saturday’s massive car bomb blast, which killed
some 300 people, injured hundreds more, and is being called Somalia’s
worst-ever such attack. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Office of the UN
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Health Organisation (WHO),
the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) are among the host of UN entities already on the
ground. More than 100 UN staff have donated blood to help the injured, a UN
News Centre note said here. The UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has deployed
technical advisors, medics and bomb-sniffing dog teams at the main bomb blast
site near the Safari Hotel. Fire unit personnel from the UN Assistance Mission
in Somalia (UNSOM) and the UN Support Office in Somalia have been using
specialized life-detection equipment to search for survivors. According to
UNSOM, youth from local universities also joined the clean-up and rescue
operation earlier this week. More than 300 youth volunteers are participating
in the effort and were accompanied by the Mogadishu Mayor, Thabit Abdi Mohamed,
in clearing the debris and rubble. UNI
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