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New Libya contact group to provide 'political direction'
Leaders from more than 35 governments and NGOs meeting in London have agreed to set up a contact group to provide "political direction" to a post-Muammar Gaddafi Libya in coordination with the UN, African Union, Arab League and EU.
AFP - World powers agreed in London Tuesday to set up a contact group to lead international efforts to map out Libya's future, with the first meeting to take place in Qatar, Britain said.
"Participants of the conference agreed to establish the Libya Contact Group," said a statement issued by British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who chaired the meeting of more than 35 countries plus the UN and NATO.
He added: "Qatar has agreed to convene the first meeting of the group as soon as possible."
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The group would provide "leadership and overall political direction to the international effort in close coordination with the UN (United Nations), AU (African Union), Arab League, OIC (Organisation of the Islamic Conference) and EU (European Union) to support Libya", the statement said.
After the first meeting in Qatar, the chairmanship will rotate between the countries of the region and beyond it, the statement said.
The London conference was called to map out Libya's future following the fighting between Kadhafi's forces and rebels opposed to his four-decade rule.
Britain, France and the United States launched military strikes on Libya ten days ago to implement UN Security Council resolution 1973 calling for a ceasefire and no-fly zone to protect civilians in Libya.
Hague's statement said those at the London conference "agreed that Kadhafi and his regime have completely lost legitimacy and will be held accountable for their actions."
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The representatives, which included those offering military, logistical, financial or humanitarian help in Libya, had agreed to continue their efforts until Kadhafi met the UN's demands, it added.
"UNSCR 1973 laid out very clear conditions that must be met, including the establishment of an immediate ceasefire, a halt to all attacks on civilians and full humanitarian access to those in need," it said.
"Participants agreed to continue their efforts until all conditions are fulfilled. The Libyan regime will be judged by its actions and not its words."
The participants backed NATO's decision to take command of all the military operations, it said.
It added that participants were committed to the "sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and national unity of Libya", amid allegations from Tripoli that western powers were trying to divide the country.
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Forming a committee means
Forming a committee means that if the outcome is deemed a failure, the blame can be spread around. The only winners in the end will be the globalists.
It's all good.
No really... I have no idea how a globally self-appointed panel dictating om the political structure and planning for a single sovereign nation could ever go wrong.
I remember a long time ago, you know, 2009, when such an idea would have been laughed at as being as being conspiracy wackjob psycho babble and there is no way any global entity would seek to control national sovereignty.
War
May I ask, Who's next after Libyan.
Let 's see maybe Iran, no ( not going to happen.)
How about Israel, ( the real bad guys )
Maybe we can stone a few Women along the way...
wake the h€ll up.
Amazing what this world has
Amazing what this world has come to. I'm no fan of either side in Libya, but Government By International Committee? This apparently isn't about mere short-term plans for how NATO will act in th coming days or weeks. It seems to be more like an international take-over of a country. New World Order anyone? Coincidence that Libya is so oil-rich?
Libya does not belong to you
Libya is a sovereign country. While there are rebels, there are Libyan people who support the current Libyan leadership. These 35 leaders are arrogant, operating on quicksand, illegal in their actions. If you come against this dictator, what then about the dictators of South African countries like Zimbabwe, or other countries like Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Cuba, Jordan, Syria, etc. Obama is wrong - this is not his country. Those who follow Obama are wrong. Obama and his democrat administration are acting like tyrants in the United States. These 35 countries cannot just say a countries leader has to go. You all are attacking a sovereign country.
New U.S. Contact Group
World powers agreed today to set up a contact group to lead international efforts to map out United States future, with the first meeting to take place in Tehran.
How many in this group are
How many in this group are actually citizens of Libya?
Obama has spent 2 years
Obama has spent 2 years sitting in th office of the president and performing "community activist" work in Arizona, Wisconsin, Egypt and now Libya. He views conflict through "heavy lenses. He agitates a situation without know the facts or without personally getting involved - this is what the sock puppets are for. Then when the plans go really bad like selling arms to drug cartels or President Mubarak with the last year, Obama disavows any knowledge that this happened. His goal is get peace prizes for the problems he created and continues to create. He is a documented agitator who thinks he has plausible deniability.
New Libya contact group
I guess the only part America has in the decision to map out Libya's future is to sign the checks.
Ah yes, colonialism at its
Ah yes, colonialism at its best.
I am so glad to see the New
I am so glad to see the New World Order is taking complete control. It's about time those inferior nations bowed to the wishes of the EU and USA. Non-Europeans are not competent and, therefore, have no right to self-determination. I just hope the EU and the USA can go on to straighten out the rest of the world ASAP as their leaders are the only ones fit to decide how the rest of the world should live. /sarcasm
Contact Group for Libyan Govt.
I support the no fly zone in Libya. It should have been done sooner. I am opposed to foreigners setting up "a new Libya", particularly the marxist African National Union, which will doubtless push for allowing 2,000,000 sub saharans Quaddafy allowed into the country--many of them illegally.
In addition, the foreign powers who want to dictate what kind of Government Libya has (the "Iraq model", anyone?) want to make sure it does not have what all previous Libyan government before Quaddafi had--a tribal component. It is outrageous to help liberate the country and impose foreign ideas on its government.
The Libyan people knew how to revolt, and they know how to set up a country.
Hilarious
This will ensure that even less will be done to help the people of Libya. No good will come of this.
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