The African Union calls a Libya meeting

The Arab League helped pave the way for international intervention in Libya by asking for a no-fly zone. Can the African Union (AU) construct an exit ramp? The AU, which rejected the idea of foreign intervention and which has called for an end to the strikes, is convening a meeting with the UN, European Union, ...

By , a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.

The Arab League helped pave the way for international intervention in Libya by asking for a no-fly zone. Can the African Union (AU) construct an exit ramp?

The Arab League helped pave the way for international intervention in Libya by asking for a no-fly zone. Can the African Union (AU) construct an exit ramp?

The AU, which rejected the idea of foreign intervention and which has called for an end to the strikes, is convening a meeting with the UN, European Union, Arab League, and Organization of the Islamic Conference tomorrow in Addis Ababa. According to this Reuters report, the AU is also inviting representatives of the Gaddafi regime and the  Libyan opposition. No word yet on whether the coalition members are supporting the initiative, although it appears that the EU is providing some cash to advance the broader AU mediation effort.

David Bosco is a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. He is the author of The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World’s Oceans. Twitter: @multilateralist

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