A/HRC/17/44 (e) Attacks on humanitarian personnel and transport 162. In Misrata, one boat on which humanitarian activities were being conducted was shelled by Government forces.128 A number of humanitarian organizations conducting resupply (food and non-food items, medical supplies and equipment) and evacuation missions by boat to Misrata129 have been endangered by actions of Government forces. There have been reports of fire coming from the mainland on 25 April,130 anti-vehicle mines being dropped from shells over the port on 29 April and 5 May and sea mines being placed without notice.131 Reuters reported that the Government of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya acknowledged the aforesaid shelling on local television, but justified it by stating that the boats were breaching the arms blockade and carrying fighters. 132 163. The Government of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya transmitted information to the Commission which had been prepared originally at the request of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. In the 21-page report received on 12 May, negative consequences of the implementation of Security Council resolutions 1970 (2011) and 1973 (2011) on food production and import of foodstuff to Libya are detailed. The report points to difficulties in paying for the import of food, other imported goods and spare parts owing to the imposition of financial sanctions. It also refers to the mass departure of foreign labour from the farming, fishing and industrial sectors (producing fertilizers, pesticides and animal feed) leading to the mass death of uncared-for livestock and the impossibility of flying small aircrafts used in agriculture due to the no-fly zone. The Government also refers to the breakdown of communication between regions of the country preventing transport of inputs and food stuff, and to loss of access to water and suspension of work on several water supply projects. The report provides preliminary data on the drop in food production and makes alarming forecasts on the upcoming grain harvests. (f) Attacks on protected medical personnel, transport and facilities 164. The Commission notes that the deteriorating security situation has had a deleterious effect on the health sector, as it has led to the exodus of many foreign medical workers from Libya. Major areas, including much of eastern Libya, Misrata and the Nafusa Mountain area progressively lost access to the network of medicines for chronic disease distributed by the Ministry of Health. The Commission has also received reports of the intentional targeting of protected medical personnel, transport, units and facilities. Several cases from Misrata were related to the Commission. A volunteer ambulance staff member in Misrata told the Commission that, “his ambulance team went out to collect two wounded persons who required assistance near the medical clinic compound. When he stepped out from the ambulance, shootings started and he said that “a sniper” shot the driver at the head and killed him. Another volunteer in the ambulance and himself were injured. A second 128 129 130 131 132 46 UN Press Release, “Libya: UN official voices concern as fighting blocks aid delivery in west”. See successive Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) updates on Libya in April and May 2011. UN Press Release, “Libya: UN official voices concern as fighting blocks aid delivery in west”. Amnesty International, “Al-Gaddafi‟s forces carry out indiscriminate attacks in Misrata”, 8 May 2011. Available from www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/al-gaddafi%E2%80%99s-forcescarry-out-indiscriminate-attacks-Misrata-2011-05-08. Reuters, “Libya says shelled port to stop arms delivery to rebels”, 1 May 2011. Available from www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/01/us-libya-misrata-port-idUSTRE74024120110501.