TUNISIA: Ban Ki-moon says Gaddafi must respect will of international community

Record ID: 560705

  • Title: TUNISIA: Ban Ki-moon says Gaddafi must respect will of international community
  • Date: 23rd March 2011
  • Summary: TUNIS, TUNISIA (MARCH 22, 2011) (REUTERS) (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) VARIOUS NEWS CONFERENCE OF UN SECERTARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON SOUNDBITE (English) UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, BAN KI-MOON, SAYING: "By the action taken by the international community, the Security Council resolution 1973 was adopted by determined will of whole international community. Colonel Gaddafi he cannot, and should not and must not fight alone against the whole...he cannot do that. And the justice will prevail." NEWS CONFERENCE SOUNDBITE (English) UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, BAN KI-MOON, SAYING: "And it is again absolutely necessary for him to fully comply with Security Council resolutions. That is what they publically announced, that is what they officially informed me, the Prime Minister telephoned me that they would comply with the Security Council resolution, they would stop fighting." NEWS CONFERENCE SOUNDBITE (English) UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, BAN KI-MOON, SAYING: "I have been repeatedly urging Yemen, Yemen's leaders and authorities and I have condemned their using live ammunition against the peaceful demonstrators. This must stop. Again this is an unacceptable situation. They have to engage in inclusive national dialogue. They have to listen what are the challenges and aspirations of those citizens." NEWS CONFERENCE
  • Embargoed: 7th April 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Tunisia, Tunisia
  • Country: Tunisia
  • Reuters ID: LVAEUTJT48NH9EYZ4Y5XQD3R2JWL
  • Story Text: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon criticised the leaders of both Libya and Japan in a news conference in Tunis on Tuesday (March 22).
    Stating once again that he expected Muammar Gaddafi to comply with the Security Council, Ki-moon said that the Libyan leader was going against the grain of international opinion.
    "By the action taken by the international community, the Security Council resolution 1973 was adopted by determined will of whole international community. Colonel Gaddafi he cannot, and should not and must not fight alone against the whole...he cannot do that. And the justice will prevail," he said.
    Address the leaders of Yemen, he told them that the use of military weaponry on their citizens was unacceptable.
    "I have been repeatedly urging Yemen, Yemen's leaders and authorities and I have condemned their using live ammunition against the peaceful demonstrators. This must stop. Again this is an unacceptable situation. They have to engage in inclusive national dialogue. They have to listen what are the challenges and aspirations of those citizens," he said.
    Ban Ki-moon was scheduled to to have private meeting with the mother of Mohamed Bouazizi who set fire to himself on Dec. 17 last year in protest at his treatment by local authorities. His death later in hospital triggered a wave of protests which have spread across the Arab world including Libya and Yemen.
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