United Nations. .- The Council of the UN Security today began an emergency meeting on the situation in Libya with an appeal from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, to take concrete actions to stop the bloodshed in the North African country. "It is time that the Security Council considers action. The next hours and days will be decisive for the future of Libya as well as for the entire region," said the UN chief also informed that the number of killed in Libya can reach thousands.
Ban said the first obligation of the international community is doing "everything possible to ensure the immediate protection of civilians in a demonstrable risk." "The violence must stop. Those responsible for shedding the innocent blood of so brutal a manner should be punished," said Ban, who asked the Security Council to consider "a range of actions" with respect to Libya.
Mentioned economic sanctions including the freezing of assets, travel ban on the leaders of the Libyan regime and the arms embargo. "The actions and statements of the Security Council is expected with great anxiety and will be followed closely throughout the region," he said. Ban also reviewed the reports which have reached the country about the assassination of the opposition in hospitals, the shooting of peaceful demonstrators in the streets of the country and the arbitrary arrests of citizens, including possible violations of human rights.
"These tales, the press, human rights organizations and witnesses in the area, raises serious concerns about the nature and scale of the conflict, "Ban added. He then took the floor to the Ambassador of Libya to the UN, Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, whose intervention led to tears in their delegation and at the end of it will embrace the diplomats in the room, including himself Ban Ki-moon.
"I tell my brother Gaddafi: Libya left alone," said the ambassador, who is considered a personal friend of Libyan dictator and until today had clearly broken with the regime in Tripoli. He also denounced Qadhafi's speeches in which he has called for a civil war in the North African country to stay in power, and mocked his explanation that the rebellion has been caused by hallucinogens consumed by youth.
"Muammar Gaddafi and his children are saying to the people who govern, or if not kill," said an excited Shalgham, who complained about being in the position to criticize the dictatorship that followed for many years. At the end of the meeting, the ambassador expressed the view that the Council adopt targeted sanctions "against Gaddafi and his people" to force his departure.
"In the streets there are many bodies ... There can be a leader, a president who kills his own people," the Libyan diplomat told reporters that "Libya is free and build a new country." 
Ban said the first obligation of the international community is doing "everything possible to ensure the immediate protection of civilians in a demonstrable risk." "The violence must stop. Those responsible for shedding the innocent blood of so brutal a manner should be punished," said Ban, who asked the Security Council to consider "a range of actions" with respect to Libya.
Mentioned economic sanctions including the freezing of assets, travel ban on the leaders of the Libyan regime and the arms embargo. "The actions and statements of the Security Council is expected with great anxiety and will be followed closely throughout the region," he said. Ban also reviewed the reports which have reached the country about the assassination of the opposition in hospitals, the shooting of peaceful demonstrators in the streets of the country and the arbitrary arrests of citizens, including possible violations of human rights.
"These tales, the press, human rights organizations and witnesses in the area, raises serious concerns about the nature and scale of the conflict, "Ban added. He then took the floor to the Ambassador of Libya to the UN, Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, whose intervention led to tears in their delegation and at the end of it will embrace the diplomats in the room, including himself Ban Ki-moon.
"I tell my brother Gaddafi: Libya left alone," said the ambassador, who is considered a personal friend of Libyan dictator and until today had clearly broken with the regime in Tripoli. He also denounced Qadhafi's speeches in which he has called for a civil war in the North African country to stay in power, and mocked his explanation that the rebellion has been caused by hallucinogens consumed by youth.
"Muammar Gaddafi and his children are saying to the people who govern, or if not kill," said an excited Shalgham, who complained about being in the position to criticize the dictatorship that followed for many years. At the end of the meeting, the ambassador expressed the view that the Council adopt targeted sanctions "against Gaddafi and his people" to force his departure.
"In the streets there are many bodies ... There can be a leader, a president who kills his own people," the Libyan diplomat told reporters that "Libya is free and build a new country."
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