At
UN
on Libya,
Jibril Says
Gaddafi Is
Needed at ICC,
No Fly
Scepticism
of IRSA
Unanswered
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
September 26
-- Libya was a
main focus at
the UN and
Security
Council
throughout
2011, but
Monday it was
an
afterthought,
with the
spotlight back
on Palestine.
The Libyan
National
Transitional
Council's
Mahmoud Jibril
briefed the
Security
Council,
asking that
all assets be
unfrozen.
Afterward
Inner
City Press
asked Jebril
if the TNC
wants the
travel ban and
asset
freeze to
remain on
Gaddafi and
cronies.
Gaddafi is
"need at the
ICC," Jibril
answered,
referring to
the
International
Criminal
Court. (Friday
he told Inner
City Press Gaddafi
might end up
being tried in
Libya, click
here for that.)
On
the question
the NATO,
Inner City
Press asked
when the TNC
thought NATO
should put
back. When
civilians are
not being
killed, Jibril
answered. When
he
left the
microphone he
chatted with
Ambassadors
Shalgam and
Ibrahim
Dabbashi, who
also defected
from Gaddafi's
government.
A
source inside
the Council's
consultations
said that
India, South
Africa and
Russia
(call them
IRSA) all
asked when
NATO would
stop, pointing
out that if
commercial
flights have
resumed and
high officials
travel to
Tripoli,
the no fly
zone is no
longer in
place, and
notice is not
being given
to UN
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon.
"We
didn't
get an
answer," the
source said,
not seeming
surprised.
Jibril at
stakeout Sept
26, end of
NATO bombing
not shown
Likewise
scepticism
was expressed
about
unfreezing all
the money.
"It's
money for the
government,"
the source
said. "Except
there
is no
government
yet. We don't
want it
disappearing."
"In
the
desert," Inner
City Press
mused.
"Or
to small
islands," the
source
answered.
There was a
joke about
small
island states.
And then the
Libya issue
was gone,
eclipsed by
Palestine. And
so it goes at
the UN.
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