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• Amnesty International - Libya
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Libya
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Libya
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Tunis
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• ReliefWeb - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (the)
• UNHCR - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• United States Department of State - Libya
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya