Al Jazeera have neatly listed the most important things to come out of today’s Contact Group meeting in Doha. The Contact Group had been established earlier to coordinate the international response to the crisis in Libya and held its first meeting today.
The highlights of today are as follows:
The highlights of today are as follows:
- A political solution is the only way to bring lasting peace to Libya and reaffirmed their strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and national unity of Libya
- United in believing that Gaddafi’s continued presence would threaten any resolution of the crisis
- Participants agreed the need to monitor any potential threat from “extremist elements” who could seek to take advantage of the situation in Libya
- Participants noted that Gaddafi’s regime was weakening as his followers left him
- Participants support efforts of the UN to help the Libyan people develop a political transition plan, constitutional and electoral processes.
- Participants agreed to continue to provide support to the opposition including material support and humanitarian aid.
- Participants agree that a temporary financial mechanism could provide method for the inc and international community to manage revenue to assist with the short term financial requirement and structural need in Libya.
- Participants said approx 3.6 million people could need humanitarian assistance.
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