UNSC session Friday on Libya

UN Security Council will meet in formal session on Friday to discuss the Libya crisis and Moamer Kadhafi's refusal to halt his crackdown on democracy protests, diplomats said.UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will address the 15-nation council, which has been searching for ways to step up pressure on Kadhafi over the unrest in which hundreds have been killed.US President Barack Obama and his French countepart Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday demanded an end to the use of force in Libya, the French presidency said."In the face of the continuing brutal and bloody repression, and to the threatening statements of the Libyan leadership, the two presidents reiterated their demand for an immediate halt to the use of force against the civilian population," it said.

In the telephone conversation initiated by Obama, Sarkozy said France would "demand a new urgent meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Libya," the French leader's office added in a statement.Thursday, France's human rights ambassador said "precise and corroborating evidence" could prove that crimes against humanity were committed during the crackdown on the popular uprising in Libya.Francois Zimeray said he had an unconfirmed figure of at least 1,000 people killed since the protests began last week.