International recognition of the

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was given by the majority of international states but was not universal. By 2012, 104 United Nations members and two observer states had announced they recognised the NTC as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people, and some of them had indicated that they were recognising the NTC as the ''only'' legitimate representative of the Libyan people, severing diplomatic relations with Gaddafi's government in the process. Additionally, non-UN members,

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, Palestine, the Republic of China (Taiwan), also granted recognition. The

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and several individual countries, such as

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, established a diplomatic presence in

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, the former ''de facto'' headquarters of the council and the continuing location for many of its offices. NTC officials also met with representatives of

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and

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, among other states, though these states were not known to have established permanent

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(informal or formal) with the NTC. The

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, with 114 member states in favour to 17 opposed, voted on 16 September 2011 to recognise the NTC as holding Libya's seat at the United Nations. On 20 September 2011, the

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officially recognised the National Transitional Council as the legitimate representative of Libya.

International standing

The council stated that it would like to be recognised by the international community. The Chairman of the Council told Al Jazeera that "there are official contacts with European and Arab ountries.

Recognition

As of 30 November 2011, 102 UN member states and four other countries have stated they recognise the National Transitional Council as the sole legitimate representative body of Libya. On 15 July, many of these countries constituting the Libya Contact Group issued a joint statement that they consider the council to be Libya's "legitimate authority". The number of countries recognising the NTC has increased rapidly since its fighters' entry into Tripoli on 21 August. Prior to the start of the battle, 35 UN member states had granted recognition. After the

voted to recognise the NTC's designated representative, acknowledging the council as Libya's governing authority, several countries that had previously opposed international recognition of the NTC reversed themselves by recognising it. The NTC has been recognised by all five permanent members of the

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, though the recognitions of

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and

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followed anti-Gaddafi fighters' takeover of Tripoli, as well as all

member states. All of the G4 nations except

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have also recognised the NTC. All

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members except

have formally recognised the council. However, both Brazil and Iceland voted in favour of the NTC at the UN. }). Previously, relations with Gaddafi had already been cut long before, and there had been humanitarian aid coordinated with the NTC for four months. On 22 August, while addressing a conference in

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, Calmy-Rey confirmed that Switzerland had not recognised the NTC because the Swiss government's policy is to recognise states and not governments, but it will continue to deal exclusively with the NTC as its partner in Libya until the election of a new government. Swiss representative in UN voted in favour of NTC. On 29 September Swiss foreign minister announced that Michel Gottret has been appointed as new ambassador to the "new Libyan government". From the Libyan side the NTC have sent their own new ambassador – Sliman Bouchuiguir – who presented his credentials to Swiss president at the same day. , - , , 98 , , , , Recognised on 29 September 2011 , , On UNGA voted in favour. On 29 September Minister for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects,

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said that government in Kingston decided to recognise the NTC as "the legitimate representative of Libya". , - , 99 , , , , Recognised on 30 September 2011 , , The representative of Somali was absent at UNGA voting, but on 30 September ministers of

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headed by

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at ordinary weekly meeting in

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decided to recognise NTC as "the rightful representative of the people". , - , 100 , , , , Recognised on 13 October 2011 , , On 21 February, the Libyan Ambassador to

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, Ahmad Ateya Hamd Al-Imam, resigned as a protest against the Gaddafi government. On 25 August, the embassy defected ''en masse'' by pledging their allegiance to the people of Libya, as represented by the NTC, and removed Gaddafi's portraits and the green flag. Bangladesh on 13 October officially recognized Libya's new leadership as "the only acceptable interim authority," a statement from the Foreign Ministry said. , - , 101 , , , , Recognised on 27 October 2011 , , On 29 August president

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gave out an information: "The issue is not to recognize or not the NTC, since the NTC took power. The important thing to know is that the National Transitional Council may propose to the Libyan people democratic change." On 3 September at interview president Touré said: "Recognition (of NTC by

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) is a matter of time." On 13 September Malian FM Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga said that Mali shall recognise NTC just after the forming the new Libyan government. After the

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, Malian President

said he accepted the NTC's authority and, together with Algerian President

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, expressed his hopes for "a rapid settlement of the crisis in this country, in line with the aspirations of the Libyan people". , - , 102 , , , , Recognised on 3 November 2011, , On 25 August the Libyan Embassy in

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has raised the rebel flag above its buildings. On 8 September in an interview for local Pakistani newspaper

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an official from Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Ministry will officially recognise the NTC as the sole representative of the Libyan people. He added also that before recognizing Pakistan will consult Saudi Arabia and other allies in Middle East. On 15 September NTC warned Pakistan that if it not recognise NTC it will not revalidate residential visas of Pakistan diplomats. The source added that Pakistan government decided to not recognise NTC until "Col Qaddafi is holding the gun". At UNGA voting to approve the NTC credentials at UN the Pakistani representative was absent. On 15 October one of the senators from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz - the party that supported the nomination of current prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani - asked government to recognise the NTC. On the next day prime minister on the question of the journalist in

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about the letter from 15 October answered that he "took the decision to accord recognition four days ago", but the government formally decided about recognition on 3 November. , - , 103 , , , , Recognised on 16 November 2011 , , , - , 104 , , , , Recognised on 25 November 2011 , , The

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, Mauritania's main opposition party, recognised the National Transitional Council as "the only legitimate representative of the Libyan people" in late May 2011. The status of relations between Nouakchott and both Tripoli and Benghazi is unclear, as President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has called for Gaddafi's departure but has not publicly addressed the question of the council's legitimacy. In July, Foreign Minister Hamadi Ould Hamadi met with representatives of both the Gaddafi government in Tripoli and the NTC in Benghazi, and in early August, the NTC dispatched a special envoy to Nouakchott to personally thank President Abdel Aziz for his leadership. On 22 August demonstrators came into Libyan embassy in Nouakchott and tore down the green Gaddafi flag, replacing it with the tricolour Libyan flag. Several Mauritanian political parties issued statements congratulating Libya, including the Democratic Convergence Party and ruling Union for the Republic Party. On 25 November Mauritanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation announced that government of the country officially recognised NTC. , - , 105 , , , , Recognized on 30 November 2011 , , President Isaias Afewerki was quoted by the Ministry of Information on 27 May as saying, "How can one recognize a parliament confined to the urban borders of Benghazi?" On 10 June, he was quoted as saying in reference to the NTC, "There are no legal grounds by which external powers can have a say in determining or recognizing factions or parties within a state as legitimate or illegitimate. Any attempts in that direction can be construed as overriding the rights and will of the people." On 30 November, Eritrea chose to recognize the TNC. , - , 106 , , , , Recognized on 1 January 2012 , , On 23 August the staff of Libyan embassy in

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and the consulate in

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decided to announce that they are shifting their allegiance to the anti-Gaddafi revolutionaries and unfurl the new flag next day. Libya and Saudi Arabia agreed to exchange ambassadors on 1 January 2012. , - , , colspan="4", Other countries, who on 16 September 2011 voted "in favour" of accepting NTC credentials as Libya representative at the UNGA. , - , , , , , Informal relations
Unofficial Recognition
UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , On 19 August, the Libyan embassy in Brasilia was stormed by supporters of the rebels to replace the flag of Libya with the NTC flag in an attempt in which they failed. The supporters came back three days later and occupied the building. The same day pro-Gaddafi Libyan ambassador to Brazil, Salem al-Zubaidi, said he will remain in his post, because Brazilian authorities still consider him as an ambassador. On 22 August, the Brazilian press stated that the country's government is consulting the

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, the

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, and the

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in order to evaluate if Brazil will recognise the rebel government as Libya's legitimate government. On 25 August, the Libyan ambassador to Brazil, Salem al-Zubaidi, said that he supports the rebel government. Foreign Minister

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said on 2 September that Brazil's decision to participate in the Libya Contact Group conference in

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the previous day "implies that we consider the transitional council an interlocutor in this process", though he said Brazil would not recognise the NTC as Libya's sole legitimate representative until the

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votes to accredit it. Although Brazil had not officially recognized the NTC, it was one of the countries that voted favorable to recognize it as the owner of Libya's seat at the United Nations during the Assembly, voted on 16 September 2011, and Juan Oliveira Bonfim, a member of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs claims that it unofficially recognizes the NTC, but is waiting for the new Libyan government to establish itself properly before announcing it. , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , The Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement on 23 August expressing support for the NTC and hope that it would soon succeed in ousting Gaddafi and ushering in a democratic transition. , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , On 3 June Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur Skarphéðinsson, met with one of the NTC's representatives in the UK. The minister said, "The people of Libya should have the right to choose their leaders in democratic elections and to build a society where freedom and human dignity prevail. We stand by the National Transitional Council of Libya in its campaign for these goals." Iceland is also the only

member to not have officially recognised the NTC. , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , On 23 August Charge de Affairs of Libya's embassy in Mexico Ahmed Elhafi said that Mexican government is expected to formally recognise the council. , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , On 13 September, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry noted that the NTC had taken control of most of Libya, including Tripoli, and said Singapore "fully supports"

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n Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa's statement expressing

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's endorsement of "on-going efforts involving the National Transitional Council to promote reconciliation and build a democratic and stable Libya in accordance with the aspirations and wishes of the Libyan people". , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , On 22 August Libyan diplomats declared formal adherence to the National Transitional Council. “The National Transitional Council has decided after a meeting today to recognise the

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as the sole legitimate government in Syria,” said NTC member Mussa al-Koni at news conference in Tripoli. , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , On 22 August Yemen's government withdrew its delegation to the Arab League to avoid recognising the NTC. On 2 September Libyan diplomats hoisted the rebel flag above the embassy in

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. , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , On 22 October External Affairs Ministry spokesman said that Sri Lanka's embassy in Libyan will remain closed despite the death of Gaddafi, but assured that "The Sri Lankan government will continue to help the people of Libya rebuild their lives after a damaging war". , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , On 23 August Libyan embassy in

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recognised NTC as "the legitimate authority" of the represented country. , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , , , - , , , , , UNGA vote in favour of NTC , ,

UN observer states

Non-UN member governments

Countries that have voted against NTC credentials acceptance at the UNGA

Most of the SADC members, Kenya and Equatorial Guinea ( AU chair at the time of voting) adopted statements about " all-inclusive government", unsuccessfully proposed to postpone the UNGA vote and subsequently voted against the NTC. * *: Foreign Minister

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said on 9 September that Bolivia does not endorse the NTC and condemned "the actions of NATO in Libya". Choquehanca insisted Bolivia will "not recognize any transitional authority". *: On 3 September the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a communique that Cuba is withdrawing its ambassador from Libya, because it does not recognise the transitional government. The statement warned, "Cuba does not recognize the National Transition Council or any provisional authority and will only recognize a government that is established legitimately and without foreign intervention, via the free, sovereign will of the Libyan people," and strongly criticised the

intervention and "the deployment of diplomatic and operative personnel in the field" by the NTC's international allies. Cuban Foreign Minister

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repeated the statement at the meeting of foreign ministers of

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on 9 September in

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. * *: On 27 August, Deputy Foreign Minister Kintto Lucas said

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would not recognise "a transition junta" until "the people declare it legitimate". Lucas added that the NTC was not a "real" government and so the Ecuadorian government could not recognise it. Lucas reiterated the government's position on 20 October, saying, "We do not recognize the NTC and we will continue in that line." * * *: Between 5 and 9 September the Libyan embassy in

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hoisted a second flag - the NTC flag. Foreign Affairs Minister Mohlabi Tsekoa said that it is too early to declare Lesotho's stance as a country. * *: On 22 August, the head of the Libyan embassy in

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, Salem Mohamed Krayem, decided to defect from the Gaddafi regime. Namibian officials such as

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, the Speaker of the

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, have made conflicting statements. In March, Gurirab said he supported Gaddafi because "Africans ..believe in existential friendship: once a friend, always a friend". In August, he said Gaddafi has lost "his vigilance on the red carpet, doing the danger dance, which doesn't stop". On 23 August Namibian Foreign Affairs Minister Utoni Nujoma said officially, Namibia still has diplomatic relations with the Gaddafi government. On 22 September main opposition party - Rally for Democracy and Progress - recognised NTC, when the government decided not to recognise until democratic elections are held. *: On 3 September, President

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said that it refused to recognise the National Transitional Council of Libya. *: Foreign Minister

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said on 28 August that the Tanzanian government supports the AU's decision not to recognise the NTC, but said his government will recognise the NTC if it takes over the Gaddafi government's remaining strongholds and establishes executive, legislative, and judicial organs for the whole country. Otherwise, he said

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will hold off on recognising a new government of Libya until nationwide elections are held. The Libyan Embassy has taken down the rebel flag after hoisting it the embassy buildings in

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on 27 August. The flag was removed before the 48-hour ultimatum given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation ended. The green flag was not hoisted again. The Embassy also apologised to the Tanzanian government.

, Minister of International Cooperation and Foreign Affairs of Tanzania, said on 30 September that contacts between the NTC and the Government of Tanzania are "underway to normalize". On 9 November Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tanzania said that his country will not recognise NTC unless the Libyan government will fulfill conditions set by the Africa Union. *: In March, the government of President Hugo Chavez said that it refused to recognise the Benghazi government and insisted that only the previous government was legitimate. Reinaldo Bolivar, Venezuela's Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs for Africa, also insisted that "there were no problems until a coalition of US and European countries began the shelling", and expressed his support for a "diplomatic solution to the crisis". On 23 August, as major rebel successes on the battlefield including in Tripoli coincided with a wave of recognitions for the NTC, Chavez again stated that he would only recognise the government of Gaddafi. Chavez also accused the West of "kicking" and "spitting" on "the most basic elements of international law" (remarking that "This is like the caveman era"), and saying the United States "arranged this war. They provided the arms, the mercenaries. They better not attempt to apply the Libyan formula to Venezuela or we'll have to show them our power." On 25 August, Chavez denounced the latest attack against his country's embassy in Libya on 24 August, but the attack on embassy is disputed by some reporters on place. On 26 October, Chavez said that "For us, there is no government in Libya" and "We don't recognize the government that NATO has installed." *: On 3 November Foreign Minister

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said that Government is waiting for Cabinet approval to recognise the new Libyan government and then Zambia will reopen its embassy in Libya, because "if the people of Libya have agreed to change government then we will respect that". *: On 24 August, the Libyan embassy staff in

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declared they would "follow the Libyan majority" and declare allegiance to the NTC, pulling down the green flag, raising the tricolour, and destroying portraits and posters of

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. On 25 August, Zimbabwe's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that country's government no longer recognises Libyan Ambassador Taher Elmagrahi because of his defection, and Elmagrahi may face expulsion from Zimbabwe. "We do not have diplomatic relations with NTC and the hoisting of its flag here is actually illegal," Foreign Affairs Secretary Joey Bimha said. Bimha said ZANU-PF, Zimbabwe's ruling party, refused to recognise the NTC because "Gaddafi remains the legitimate representative of the people of Libya." On 26 August, Foreign Minister

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declared Elmagrahi ''persona non grata'' and ordered him and his family to leave Zimbabwe within five days. On 1 September Zimbabwean police arrested foreign journalists in the Libyan embassy. The next day, staff of the embassy of Libya sought refuge in Botswana. The expulsion has broken the fragile coalition between Robert Mugabe and the Prime Minister

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, who said: "My position is it is not up to Zimbabwe to decide what the sovereign right is of the Libyans. It is up to the Libyans to choose their representatives." On 15 September the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Robert Makhula said that Libyan ambassador and his staff were not expelled, but "simply asked to go back to Libya and receive credentials from the new authority since the NTC had no diplomatic mandate at this stage to assign ambassadors to other countries".

Countries that abstained at the UNGA vote

* * * * *: On 22 August Libyan embassy "members shifted their loyalty en masse from Gaddafi to the rebel-led National Transitional Council (NTC)". On 23 August Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa said that he hails the choice made by the people of Libya. On 3 September FM said in a statement that "Indonesia supports the National Transition Council's efforts to roll out a democratic transition in a peaceful manner". On 21 October Helmi Fauzi, one of the members of the Indonesian

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urged the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to recognise NTC. * * On 30 September St. Vincent and the Grenadines foreign minister

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said that its government decided to put its relations with Libya "on hold" until it will be satisfied that “there is a legitimate, proper established government”. * * *

Other UN members who were absent for the NTC vote

*: On 22 August, the Libyan embassy in

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lowered the

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and raised the tricolour adopted by the NTC. * * * * *: On 30 August an official of North Korean embassy in Libya answered on the question about recognition that

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must "wait and see" to recognise NTC. * * * * * * * *: On 14 June Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf announced that "the Government of Colonel Gaddafi has lost the legitimacy to govern Libya", so the Liberian government decided to sever diplomatic relations with Libya by withdrawing its envoy in Tripoli and suspending the activity of the Libyan representation in

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. She also added that they can be resumed when "the people of Libya reach a political settlement which offers the best hope of lasting peace". * * *: At 24 August, the Libyan embassy in

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raised the NTC flag over its buildings. At the beginning of September the

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, in Mozambique at the

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, and the

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, in Mozambique for

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, were playing under the NTC flag. * * * * * * *: On 11 June the opposition party People's Democratic League called on "government of Sierra Leone, led by President Ernest Bai Koroma to state publicly Sierra Leonean peoples solidarity and support for Libya against NATO terrorism" and not to recognise NTC. On 30 August Libyan embassy in

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pulled down the green flag of Libya, but not hoisted the new flag, what is reflecting the policy propagated by the host country, which government spokesperson Silvester Swareh said that "this government upholds and stands by any decision that the AU takes". * * * *: The Libyan mission in

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defected from Gaddafi shortly after the start of the Battle of Tripoli. The head diplomat expressed support for the NTC and the revolution. * *

Other non-UN member governments

*: On 26 August, the Sahrawi government and the

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issued a joint statement rebutting claims that 556 Polisario mercenaries were arrested in Libya, blaming the report on Moroccan propaganda. The statement asked "the new Libyan authorities, represented by the Transitional National Council", to immediately disavow the claims.

International organisations

Several international organisations formed a relationship with the National Transitional Council in Benghazi, and the NTC was formally accredited as Libya's legitimate representative by some of them. *

: The AU has repeatedly urged both sides in the

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to exercise "restraint" and has declared its opposition to violence as a means of resolving the conflict. A delegation of African heads of state representing the AU met with representatives of the rival governments of Gaddafi and the NTC in April 2011 to present a peace plan. Though Tripoli accepted the plan, the NTC rejected it over its failure to stipulate Gaddafi's relinquishment of power. The AU presented a new framework in early July with many of the same features of the rejected "roadmap", again calling for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations brokered by the

and the AU ''ad hoc'' committee, which includes Congo–

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President Denis Sassou Nguesso,

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n President

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, and

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. On 22 August, the

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recognised the NTC "as the country's legitimate representative". However, on 26 August, the AU

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reportedly decided that the AU would not recognise the NTC and would insist on the formation of a unity government that includes Gaddafi loyalists. AU Commission Chairperson

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s against

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in Libya, saying, "The NTC seems to confuse black people with mercenaries." On 20 October AU lifted its suspension of Libya's membership in the organisation and said that it "would set up a liaison office in Tripoli". *: Reports indicate that the Arab League had been involved in a move by "a European leader close to Gaddafi" to encourage Gaddafi to leave Libya in return for him not being prosecuted for his actions against the population. The Arab League voted for a no-fly zone at a special meeting in Cairo. The National Transitional Council was said to have given its consent, and

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, secretary general of the Arab League had been speaking to the National Transitional Council's head,

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, for the first time. Following a special meeting of foreign ministers held on 12 March 2011, the Arab League voted to ask the United Nations to establish a no-fly zone over Libya. The league also declared that the Gaddafi regime had "lost its legitimacy" and that it would instead "cooperate with the national council". Libya was suspended from the proceedings of the Arab League. On 23 August, the Arab League decided to give Libya a seat at its next meeting, which Secretary-General Naril Elaraby offered to the NTC "as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people" two days later. On 27 August the Arab League, at its meeting of Foreign ministers in Cairo and in presence of the NTC's number two, Prime Minister and de facto Foreign Minister Mahmoud Jibril, formally readmitted Libya, turning over the country's seat to the NTC and effectively recognising the hitherto rebel body as the legitimate authority in Libya. * Emblem of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas

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on 9 September 2011 countries of the BAA "to draft a statement likely opposing the rebel-led reconstruction." On 9 September the members decided to recognise only Gaddafi as the legitimate representative of Libya. *: On 24 October 2011, CARICOM Chairman Denzil L. Douglas, the prime minister of

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, acknowledged "the People of Libya" as being "presently led by the interim National Transitional Council (NTC)". *: EU leaders at a summit expressed political backing for the Libyan National Council. The Commission President

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stated that "The problem has a name: Gaddafi. He must go". EU leaders also announced it would cut off all ties with Gaddafi and would instead deal with the council. After a meeting between Clinton and representatives of the council, the EU and the U.S have decided to talk to the council without officially recognising them, in order to seek further information on the group and its goals. During his visit to Benghazi on 11 May 2011, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said that the EU recognised the interim rebel council as a “legitimate interlocutor”. This visit was agreed with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. According to Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Libyan Interim Transitional National Council is "recognized by the European Union and a vast majority of the international community as the right partner for political contacts in Libya." On 22 May, EU High Representative Catherine Ashton opened the EU Office in Benghazi and met with the chairman of the transitional National Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil. *: The GCC has issued a statement that Gaddafi and his regime has lost legitimacy and that the GCC will form a relationship with the National Transitional Council. *

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: At the weekly IMF news conference on 26 August 2011, Spokesman David Hawley informed reporters that the Fund is monitoring the situation in Libya and that "When there is a clear, broad-based international recognition of a new government in Libya, it's at that point that the Fund could or would move toward recognition... The nature of our engagement going forward will depend on the wishes of any internationally recognised government in the country. So to underline, we're following events". Christine Lagarde said on 10 September that the "IMF membership recognized the National Transition Council as the new government of Libya." *: On 22 June 2011 OIC sent a delegation to Benghazi and Tripoli to hold consultations with fighting sides. On 13 July OIC sent another delegation "to hold talks with the National Transitional Council in Benghazi." On 25 August IOC delegation took part in the fifth meeting of Libya Contact Group, where "participants ... agreed to deal with the National Transitional Council as the legitimate governing authority in Libya". In a speech on 3 September, Secretary General Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu said the OIC recognised the NTC "as the only legitimate authority in Libya". * Flag of OPEC

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appeared an article reporting that OPEC members are waiting on

resolution to recognise NTC as legitimate government, which they did at 19 September. *: A press release issued by Secretary-General

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on 26 August 2011 made references to the "new Libyan authorities" and stated that $1.5 billion in Gaddafi regime assets will be released to "the authorities Transitional National Council (TNC)". Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro also made references to "the new leadership". A further press release issued on 30 August 2011 made references to "Libya's transitional authorities" Following a meeting between senior members of the NTC and Ian Martin, the representative of the Secretary-General for post-conflict planning in Libya, the official press release again referred to the NCT as "the new Libyan authorities". The

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voted by a tally of 114 for and 17 against to give Libya's UN seat to the NTC on 16 September. The General Assembly's Credentials Committee had earlier recommended that the NTC's credentials to the seat be accepted.

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led the resistance to the NTC's recognition, arguing that proper process had not been followed in the presentation and acceptance of the NTC's credentials.

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also opposed the NTC's recognition. Egypt, Libya's eastern neighbour, supported the recognition of the NTC. *

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: On 13 September 2011, the Bank released a statement announcing that "it is engaging with the National Transitional Council as the Government of Libya". * World Organization of Libyan Jews: On 17 July 2011, the group of 200,000

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refugees and ex-refugees from Libya, most of whom now reside in

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, sent a letter to

Chairman

recognising the council as the legitimate government of Libya. The group appointed established NTC proponent David Gerbi, an

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, as its permanent representative in Benghazi, though Abdul Jalil asked that Gerbi postpone his arrival in Benghazi "until the end of the revolution". The Italian foreign ministry reported that the letter was "well received" by the NTC. Gerbi visited the Nafusa Mountains in August and September, where he was received by

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representatives, and is reportedly planning to meet with Abdul Jalil in Tripoli later in the month.

Individuals

The following individuals expressed their support for the council: * Ibrahim Al-Dabashi, Deputy Libyan ambassador to the U.N, has stated that he is now representing the National Transitional Council. * Mohammed El Senussi, current

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to the Libyan Throne, stated he supports the National Transitional Council as long as they continue to act in the best interest of the Libyan people. * Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian Islamist Sheikh, declared his support for the rebels led by the Council in the

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, urging Arab nations to recognise the Council and “to confront the tyranny of the regime in Tripoli". He suggested weapons be sent to the rebels to assist them, and said “Our Islamic nation should stand against injustice and corruption and I urge the Egyptian government to extend a helping hand to Libyan people and not to Gaddafi.”

References

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