可怜的非盟 现在开始要求各国“立刻停止”轰炸利比亚 [ ...

Nouakchott. The African Union's panel on Libya Sunday called for an "immediate stop" to all attacks after the United States, France and Britain launched military action against Moamer Kadhafi's forces, AFP reported.
After a more than four-hour meeting in the Mauritanian capital, the body also asked Libyan authorities to ensure "humanitarian aid to those in need," as well as the "protection of foreigners, including African expatriates living in Libya."
It underscored the need for "necessary political reforms to eliminate the causes of the present crisis."
Libyan generosity and Moamer Kadhafi's role in the creation of the African Union could explain the continental cautious stand, experts said.
The AU was born in the 1999 Sirte Declaration, named after a summit hosted by Kadhafi in his hometown on the Libyan coast.
The declaration said its authors felt inspired by Kadhafi's "vision for a strong and united Africa."
"The AU as an organisation has benefited significantly from Kadhafi's wealth," said Fred Golooba Mutebi of the Institute of Social Research at Kampala's Makerere University.
The pan-African body has taken a firmer stance on three west African crises: most recently Ivory Coast and previously Guinea and Niger.
Handouts aside, Libya has invested billions of dollars in sub-Saharan Africa.
It has interests in more than two dozen African countries, while its petroleum refining and distribution unit Oil Libya has interests in at least as many.
Libyan telecommunications unit LAP Green is present in five countries in the region and expanding rapidly.

西方多个国家对利比亚展开军事打击后，非洲联盟在毛里塔尼亚举行会议，要求各国“立刻停止”对利比亚的袭击。


　　法新社3月20日报道，经过四个多小时的会议，非盟利比亚问题专门委员会在20日发表声明，要求美国、法国、英国等国“立刻停止”对利比亚的军事行动，并呼吁国际社会“克制”，以避免造成“严重的人道主义后果”。


　　此外，委员会还强调，利比亚的卡扎菲当局应启动“消除引发当前危机的原因的必要政治改革”，此外，应确保“对需要的人进行人道主义救援”，保护外国人，包括利比亚的非洲侨民。