文档介绍：14 April 2011
Secretary-General
SG/SM/13509
AFR/2164
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Department of Public Information ? News and Media Division ? New York
In Cairo, Secretary-General Says Immediate International Effort Needed
to Address Deteriorating, ¡®Grave¡¯ Humanitarian Situation in Libya
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon¡¯s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Cairo Conference on Libya, 14 April:
I thank the League of Arab States for co-convening this meeting with the United Nations. And I thank all of you for accepting our invitation.
The situation in Libya is still very complex. Yet we can be greatly encouraged by the international community¡¯s response.
The Security Council resolutions 1970 (2011) and 1973 (2011) sent strong messages mandating ¡°all necessary measures¡± to protect the civilian population in Libya.
For its part, it was the League of Arab States that called on the Security Council to impose a no-fly zone and urged the international community to provide support and urgent humanitarian assistance to the Libyan people.
The Organization of the Islamic Conference also spoke out clearly. Excessive use of force against civilians, it declared, contravenes not only human rights and international humanitarian law but run