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"UN Chief Urges All Sides to Commit to Political Solution to End Libyan Crisis." //Welcome to the United Nations: It's Your World//. UN News Service, 11 Aug. 2011. Web. 04 Oct. 2011. .

__**15 Facts:**__
 * 1) 11 August 2011, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon renewed his call on all sides in Libya to commit to a political process
 * 2) Libya has been engulfed by fighting since a pro-democracy movement opposed to the regime of Muammar al-Qadhafi
 * 3) in February following similar protests in Tunisia, Egypt and other countries across North Africa and the Middle East.
 * 4) In a telephone call on Wednesday, Mr. Ban told Libyan Prime Minister, Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, that he was “very troubled”
 * 5) absolute lack of progress in the efforts to find a politically negotiated solution to the crisis, despite the efforts of his Special Envoy, Abdel-Elah Al-Khatib
 * 6) The Secretary-General said all sides must commit to a political process
 * 7) urged the Prime Minister to respond constructively to the Special Envoy’s ideas, according to a read out provided by Mr. Ban’s spokesperson
 * 8) Separately, Mr. Ban today voiced his deep concern over reports of unacceptably large number of civilian casualties in the conflict
 * 9) “The Secretary-General calls on all parties to exercise extreme caution in their actions, in order to minimize any further loss of civilian life,” said the statement.
 * 10) there can be no military solution to the Libyan crisis, and called for a ceasefire linked to a political process which would meet the aspirations of the Libyan people, saying that such a truce was the only viable means of achieving peace and security.
 * 11) Mr. Ban urge all parties to the conflict to immediately engage with Mr. Khatib, and respond “concretely and positively” to the ideas presented to them
 * 12) The two sides to the conflict remain divided on how to reach a political solution to the crisis
 * 13) has caused an estimated 630,000 people to flee Libya since February
 * 14) displaced another 200,000 within the country
 * 15) Contrary to one Libyan media report, however, the Secretary-General did not say he would invite the Security Council to convene a special session, the read-out added.