With the end of the Gaddafi regime approaching, the S&D Group in the European Parliament
urges the EU to step up humanitarian aid to respond to the new needs of the Libyan
people, particularly in Tripoli. The Group calls on the High Representative, Catherine Ashton,
to open a fully-fledged EU Delegation in the Libyan capital as soon as possible and to
work with Member States to release frozen Libyan assets to help the Libyan Transitional
Council (TNC) deliver the governance needed in this transitional period.

High Representative Catherine Ashton and the EEAS established an EU office in Benghazi in
May. Now the EU needs to build on this hard work and on its good relations with the TNC
to address the most pressing needs of the Libyan people.
As funds are released, the Group expects the Transitional National Council to fulfil its
responsibilities and deliver on the commitments it has made to build a tolerant, unified and
democratic state, protecting universal human rights for all Libyan citizens, as well as for
migrant workers or foreigners.

The Libyan people made this revolution and they lead the way forward. The EU must now
help Libya to build democratic institutions, ensure disarmament, demobilisation, rehabilitation
and security sector reform, prepare free and fair elections and build the justice system.
The S&D Group urges all countries, especially Libya's neighbours, to cooperate with the new
Libyan authorities and the international justice, namely the ICC, to ensure that Gaddafi and
his closest allies will be brought to justice.

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