As the uprising in Libya enters its twelfth day, we keep you updated on the developing situation from our headquarters in Doha, Qatar.
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Libyan poet Prof Khaled Mattawa of the University of Michigan tells Al Jazeera that Libya's "cultural revolution" represents the end of tolerance to Colonel Gaddafi.
"It's game over after a long, patient struggle," he says. "This is a great cleansing coming over the Libyan people"
Libyan ambassador Ibrahim Dabasshi says the diplomatic mission at the UN is not taking orders from Tripoli.
"I am not brave," he says. "The brave are those who face the bullets in the streets of Libya. I am just hoping to make the international community aware of what is happening."
Graffiti spotted by our correspondent in Benghazi:
Libyan ambassador, Ibrahim Dabasshi: "It is difficult to tell how many [are dead] in Tripoli - because when someone is killed, they come and take the body - also when they are injured." Says the UNSC resolution will send a warning to senior regime figures and encourage them to abandon Gaddafi.
Libyan ambassador to the UN: "I am a career diplomat ... I am not nominated by Gaddafi [to speak]. My colleagues and I are siding with the people."
Libyan ambassador to UN: "We expect the people with the regime take a position and side with the Libyan people."
Ban Ki-moon: "In the following days, even more bold action may become necessary."
The UNSC resolution also includes a ban on selling weapons to the Libyan regime, Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey notes
Those slapped with a travel ban: Liaison office head Dr Abdulqader Mohammed al-Baghdadi, Gaddafi's bodyguard chief Abdulqader Yusef Dibri, extrenal intelligence agency boss Abu Zayd Umar Dorda, defence minister Major General Abu Bakr Yunis Jabir, Utilities secretary Matuq Mohammed Matuq, alleged hit squad chief Sayyid Mohammed Qadhaf Al-dam, Gaddafi's daughter Aisha, sons Hannibal Muammar, Khamis Muammar, Mohammed Muammar, Mutassim, Saadi, Saif al-Arab and Saif al-Islam. Also military intelligence director Col Abdullah al-Senussi - and Gaddafi himself.
Here's a photo of that vote...
US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice: "When atrocities are committed against innocents, the international community must act with one voice - and tonight it has."
All 15 members vote for SC resolution 1970, a unanimous decision.
Gaddafi family members will have their assets frozen, and which administration members will be prevented from leaving Libya.
Asset freeze: Aisha, Hannibal, Khamis Muammar, Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar, Mutassim and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi.
All 15 UN Security Council members are reportedly "on board" to pass a resolution referring Libyan officials to the International Criminal Court, says Kristen Saloomey, Al Jazeera's correspondent at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
It is the first time the council has referred a country's leadership to the ICC, she says. Vote expected very soon - we're watching the diplomats settling into their chairs now.
Al Jazeera understands the UN Security Council resolution will freeze the assets of six members of the Gaddafi family, including the Libyan leader - while 16 members of his administration will be slapped with a travel ban. Waiting on news of the vote... But you can watch all the details as they unfold on our TV stream - live - by clicking here: Watch Al Jazeera now.
As many as 50 civilians and many more severely wounded in an attack by Gaddafi loyalists in the oil refining town of Zawiyah, 50km west of Tripoli, a resident named Ibrahim told Reuters.
An Al Jazeera correspondent who has made it to Benghazi tells us the city's court house has become "press/uprising central", with a media centre, printing press, newspaper, medical clinics and satellite internet.
Henry Schuler, former US diplomat, tells Al Jazeera that the Obama administration "inherited a terrible situation created by the Bush administration in letting Gaddafi off the hook in 2004".
"Time will tell whether that was accomplished based on a clear assessment of US interests, or to get the oil companies back into Libya, or to promote the re-election campaign of George W Bush.
"It's a fool's errand if anyone thinks sanctions will persuade Gaddafi to back off. He said he will shed his last drop of blood on Libyan soil. What the US should be doing is ensuring that as little as possible other Libyan blood is shed."
The World Food Programme says the food supply chain in Libya "is at risk of collapsing". The Red Cross has also launched an appeal for more than US$6million for medical assistance.
The Libyan ambassador to the US has announced his support for the interim government formed in Benghazi, Reuters reports.
We're hearing that the UN Security Council is due to vote on a draft resolution - including an arms embargo on Libya, as well as a travel ban and "asset freeze" of "targeted individuals" - at around 1:00am GMT, that's in about three hours.
The draft also authorises UN members to "take all measures to enable the return of humanitarian assistance to Libya".
We have received this statement from a group named "The Network of Free Ulema - Libya", which purports to be a collection of Muslim religious scholars and intellectuals, calling for humanitarian aid - but rejecting international military action.
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