The United Nations Security Council is ready for a second round of emergency meetings today to discuss the happenings in Libya. Members of the council are likely to set sanctions against Moammar Gadhafi’s government because of the violence being used on anti-Gadhafi protestors.
The Secretary General of the UN – General Ban Ki-moon asked the council to take a hard stand so that those protesting in Libya will be protected. British and French council members wrote up a draft resolution which asks that an arms embargo be put into place as well as an asset freeze and travel ban on specified members of the Libyan government.
Yesterday the European Union decided to put an arms embargo into effect on the country along with travel bans and assets freezes. In the United States, President Obama finalized an executive order which will impose sanctions on Libya. The UN is very concerned over reports coming out of Libya that say that mass killings are taking place.
Gaddafi is refusing to step down. However, very reliable sources are saying today that the regime in power is in its final hours as Gaddafi is no longer in control in most parts of Tripoli. It is also being reported that Gadafi knows he’s in trouble and is calling his tribesmen in Sirte to come to Tripoli to help stop the uprising. Over thirty armored vehicles armed with machine guns have been sent by the tribe but so far the protestors have managed to keep the vehicles from entering the city.
