UN's Ban: global community must speak with one voice on Libya

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UN's Ban: global community must speak with one voice on Libya

2011-03-22 09:50:30 GMT+7 (ICT)

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday warned that the international community must "continue to speak with one voice" on the unfolding developments in Libya, or the humanitarian situation in the North African country would only worsen.

Ban spoke to the media during his visit to Egypt, urging the full implementation of last week's Security Council resolution on Libya, which authorized UN Member States to take "all necessary measures" to protect civilians.

"It is imperative that the international community continue to speak with one voice to fully implement the Security Council resolutions," Ban said in Cairo after a meeting with Amr Moussa, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States. "Thousands of lives are at stake. We could well see a further humanitarian emergency."

North Africa and the Middle East have been swept this year by popular protests and calls for wide-ranging reform and greater democracy. The long-standing leaders in Tunisia and Egypt were toppled while in Libya the regime of Muammar al-Qadhafi has waged a fierce military offensive against the opposition movement.

Ban pledged that the UN was moving "quickly to take effective action" in Libya and trying to both bring an end to the fighting and provide humanitarian relief.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), over 320,000 people have now fled Libya and nearly 9,000 others remain stranded at the country's borders with Tunisia and Egypt.

The number of people leaving Libya continues to rise, with about 2,700 people crossing into Egypt on Saturday alone.

Many of the new arrivals at the borders, particularly migrant workers, say that they are being denied access to food, health care and other basic services in Libya and are also being harassed or robbed at checkpoints.

OCHA reported that food prices have increased exponentially within Libya, notably for wheat, rice, bread and vegetable oil.

About $99 million has been received so far for the UN's regional flash appeal for the Libyan crisis – just below two-thirds of the $160 million sought.

Ban is on the second day of a visit to North Africa, as he is also scheduled to travel to Tunisia. While in Cairo, Ban also met with Prime Minister Ezzam Sharif and Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.

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[EnSvenskTiger]

Well mr Ban you can not censor the voice of truth. Not all members of the UN security council are happy with the situation in Libya anymore.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/03/22/47770529.html

I think the coalition overdid it this time (to).

"The UN Security Council will discuss the situation in Libya next Thursday.

Consultations are being convened in connection with the doubts voiced by some Council members regarding the “legitimacy of what is taking place”.

The Council also intends to consider the letters by Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kusa. One of the missives was dispatched to the UN already after the start of the military operation."

Tigers three sentences.

[Naam]

Mr. Ban is a naïve clown person and as a former diplomat used to follow the instructions issued by his masters

Wikipedia: "In secondary school (Chungju High School), Ban became a star pupil, particularly in his studies of English..."