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effective and credible monitoring mechanism. Council takes note of the Ad Hoc Committee’s
extensive discussions with the Chairman and members of the TNC, in Benghazi, on 11 April
2011, and with a TNC delegation, in Addis Ababa, on 25 April 2011, as well as the regular
interaction between the Commission and the TNC leadership;
7.
Further welcomes the TNC’s engagement with the Ad Hoc Committee and the
information provided on its vision for the future of Libya and its position on the ongoing efforts
by the AU to facilitate an early solution to the crisis in Libya, including the need for an urgent
ceasefire, to be monitored by a credible and effective international mechanism, as well as an
inclusive and consensual transition leading to the adoption and implementation of the
necessary political reforms to address the causes of the current crisis, including the holding of
democratic elections to enable the Libyans to freely choose their leaders;
8.
Reiterates its full support for the work of the Ad Hoc Committee, which is appropriately
placed to facilitate the early resolution of the crisis in Libya. Council encourages the Committee
to continue and intensify its efforts within the framework of its mandate and in a manner
consistent with, and complimentary to, UN Security Council resolution 1973 (2011), which duly
recognizes the role of the Committee in seeking a peaceful and lasting solution to the Libyan
crisis;
9.
Requests the Committee and the Commission to finalize promptly appropriate
consultations with the Libyan parties and the multilateral and bilateral partners, in order to
prepare the ground for the early holding, in a venue agreeable to the parties and under the
auspices of the AU, the League of Arab States, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the
European Union and the United Nations, of negotiations on a ceasefire and the other aspects of
the Libyan crisis. Council urges the Libyan parties to extend the necessary cooperation to the
Committee. Council stresses that there should be no preconditions for the commencement of
the negotiations, whose purpose is precisely to address the concerns of all the parties and to
facilitate a compromise on the best way forward;
10.
Welcomes the steps taken and efforts made to interact with AU international partners,
in particular the United Nations, the League of Arab States, the Organization of the Islamic
Conference (OIC) and the European Union (EU), as well as the Libya Contact Group, the BRICS
and bilateral partners. Council urges the Ad Hoc Committee and the Commission to continue to
engage the partners, and requests the said partners to extend the necessary cooperation to
AU’s efforts, bearing in mind the provisions of Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter on the
role of regional arrangements in the settlement of disputes among and within their Member
States. In this respect, Council requests the Commission, in consultation with the Ad Hoc
Committee, to liaise with the United Nations in order to schedule a briefing to the Security
Council and engagement with it on the AU’s Roadmap and its efforts to resolve the Libyan
crisis;