Ki-Moon: Libya Suspended from UNHRC
The United Nations General Assembly has suspended Libya's membership in the UN Human Rights Council, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced on Tuesday.
Ban made the remarks.
In an address to the UN General Assembly in New York, Ban urged the Assembly to act decisively in response to the suppression of popular protests against the authoritarian regime of Muammar Gaddafi and stated that all the violence in the country must be halted immediately.
It might be necessary to impose more UN sanctions on Libya and "those who commit crimes against humanity should be punished," the UN chief added.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her part on Tuesday welcomed the move, and reiterated the call on Gadhafi to stop violence against the Libyan civilians.
The UN Security Council has already imposed an arms embargo on Libya as well as a travel ban on government officials in an effort to pressure Gaddafi to stop the crackdown on the opposition.
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