Security Council Meets on Libya, As UN Officials Urge End to Violence Against Protesters

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–22 February 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations human rights chief have both called on the Libyan authorities to immediately end their violent crackdown on protesters, and the Security Council is meeting today to discuss the situation in the North African nation.

Mr. Ban, in a statementissued by his spokesperson on Monday, said he was “outraged” at press reports that the Libyan authorities have been firing at demonstrators from war…