AD urges Prime Minister to demand urgent meeting of UN Security Council

In its statement, AD spokesperson on International Affairs Arnold Cassola, said Gonzi should ask the UN Secretary General to urgently call a meeting of the Security Council.

"In view of the horrendous escalation of events in Libya, with Gaddafi having ordered his air force to bombard the civil population, we are asking the Maltese Prime Minister to ask UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon to urgently convene the UN Security Council in order to take the appropriate decisions to prevent a massacre happening in the country".

Cassola went on to say that, if needed, UN mandated forces should be sent to Libya to stop the bloodbath.
Michael Briguglio, Chairperson of AD, claimed the UN and the European Union have a lot on their conscience for not having acted promptly in the past.

“Let us not have a repeat of the horrific genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia because of our failure to act.  The democratic world needs to take swift decisions to ensure that the Libyan people are spared this tragedy," he stressed

Briguglio added that AD supports the democratic non-violent forces of opposition in Libya, and urged other political parties in Malta to condemn the brutal methods used by the Gaddafi regime.