UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Monday that he will take part in a conference on Libya, which is to be held in London on Tuesday.
The statement came as the secretary-general was briefing the UN General Assembly in a closed session on the current situation in Libya and his recent trip to Egypt and Tunisia.
"For my part, I will continue to engage in wide-ranging diplomatic efforts aimed at a ceasefire and a political solution," Ban said, "That is why tomorrow, I will attend the London conference on Libya."
Ban said that his special envoy, former Jordanian foreign minister Abdelilah Al-Khatib, will join him at the upcoming London conference, which will attract more than 40 delegations.
"My special envoy, Mr. Al-Khatib, will join me there," Ban said. "I am expecting him to travel to Libya again soon to meet the parties."
"I would add that I have also been in close touch with leaders in the region," he said.
Ban said that "we continue to see no evidence of a ceasefire" as repeatedly claimed by the Libyan authorities.
Meanwhile, he said, "We have serious concerns about the protection of civilians and respect for human rights and international humanitarian law. I call, once again, for full respect for international humanitarian law and human rights by all those involved in the fighting."
"There is an urgent need for humanitarian access," he said. "I remind all parties of obligations to allow unimpeded access to population in need."
Also attending the London conference will be Jean ping, chairman of the African Union, Hillary Clinton, the U.S. secretary of state, and the prime minister of Qatar, the British Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday, adding that the conference will call for a political process that helps create conditions for the Libyan people to choose their own future.
Also on Monday, Jose Filipe Moraes Cabral, Portugal's UN ambassador, told the UN Security Council in his capacity of the chair of the Security Council committee established to impose sanctions on Libya that there are 31 Libyan individuals under UN travel ban or assets freeze, and five Libyan entities under UN sanctions of assets freeze, the chair of a UN Security Council sanctions committee said here Monday.