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Summary UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged that the Security Council must take concrete steps to violence in Libya.
Addressing a meeting of UN Security Council regarding Libya’s situation in New York, Ban Ki-moon said that there have been continuing reports of violence and the indiscriminate use of force. Estimates indicate that more than 1,000 people have been killed. The eastern part of the country is reported to be under the control of opposition elements who have taken over arms and ammunitions from weapon depot. There are daily clashes in at least three cities near Tripoli and the streets of the capital are largely deserted. People cannot leave their houses for fear of being shot by government forces or militias. Colonel Gaddafis supporters are reportedly conducting house-by-house searches and arrests. Ban Ki-moon maintained that it is time for the Security Council to consider concrete action. The hours and the days ahead will be decisive for Libyans and their country with equally important implications for the wider region. Ban Ki-moon will also discuss the situation of Libya with US President Barack Obama.Libyan Deputy Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi and most other diplomats at Libyas UN mission announced they were no longer working for the Gaddafi government and represented the countrys people.
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