Libya appoints replacement for dissident UN envoy

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Source: Reuters

TRIPOLI, March 4 (Reuters) - Libya has appointed ex-foreign minister Ali Abdussalam Treki as its envoy at the United Nations in New York, replacing the previous ambassador who renounced the Libyan leadership, a senior government source said.

"Dr Treki has been appointed as Libyan envoy to the U.N. to replace (Abdurrahman Mohamed) Shalgham," the source, who did not want to be identified, told Reuters.

It was not clear whether Treki, one of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's most senior foreign policy advisors, would be recognised as the Libyan ambassador to the U.N.

Most diplomats at Libya's U.N. mission last month announced they were no longer working for Gaddafi's government and were instead representing Libya's people. Shalgham made an impassioned speech condemning Gaddafi.



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[uppityperson]

1. gee, wonder if he'll run out of supporters.

[maddezmom]

2. Kadhafi regime demands UN suspend sanctions

Kadhafi regime demands UN suspend sanctions
By Tim Witcher (AFP) – 6 hours ago

UNITED NATIONS — Moamer Kadhafi's regime demanded that the UN Security Council suspend sanctions taken against the Libyan leader over his crackdown on opposition protests.

Libyan Foreign Minister Mussa Kussa said in a letter to the UN Security Council said that only "a modicum" of force has been used against opposition demonstrators and that the government was "taken aback" by the sanctions.

The regime called for the travel ban and assets freeze ordered again Kadhafi and his entourage "to be suspended until such time as the truth is established."

Kussa demanded that the Security Council "stand up to the states that are threatening force against it."

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