The United States has rejected the Venezuelan mediation offer with the embattled Libyan leader Muammar Al-Gaddafi.
"If he (Gaddafi) is not responding to the many calls across the international community to step down, it is uncertain to me what an international commission is going to accomplish," the State Department spokesman P J Crowley told reporters when asked about the Venezuelan offer.
"Colonel Gaddafi needs to step down. As the (US) President said, history is moving against him. He needs to recognise that and step aside for the good of his people and the good of his country," Crowley stressed remarks by US President Barack Obama.
The Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has proposed an international commission, to try to work out a solution in Libya.
France has also rejected the offer.