Statement of WPC Secretariat on the situation in Libya

The World Peace Council expresses its deepest concern and indignation with the
recent and ongoing developments in Libya. While condemning the killing of hundreds of
innocent civilian protesters by the heavily armed military of Libya as well as the suffering of
the very many migrant workers forced to leave the country by the political unrest and the
aggressive pressure exerted by foreign forces and media, we express our categorical
rejection for any foreign military intervention by the USA, NATO or the EU under any pretext.
We underline the right of the Libyan people to express their anger and agony and their
demands for changes in the social and economic field and their sovereign right to determine
the political developments in their own country and that foreign interference is boosting the
risk of the violence escalating into a civil war.

The Imperialists that are serving the interests of the Multinational Corporations and
international capital under the pretext of "humanitarian intervention”, are searching for
opportunity to take more and open control of the oil and gas resources of Libya and expand
their spheres of influence.

We denounce the military presence of warships of various NATO states and the 6th
US Fleet in the international waters in front of Libya which proves the preparations for a
possible attack and demand their complete withdrawal from the area.
Independently from the opinion one may have on the regime in Libya and its commitments
and priorities in its foreign policy especially in the last years, it is the sole right and task of the
Libyan people to formulate and impose whatever changes it considers necessary, without
any foreign military or political imposition.

The WPC expresses its full-hearted solidarity with the people of Libya and foreign
workers there and demands the end of the bloodshed and of the military action.
We express our disagreement with the sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council
which will harm mainly the Libyan people and reiterate that no foreign military aggression
can be accepted by any means!

The Secretariat of WPC March 3, 2011