Madam Speaker, we absolutely believe that recognizing the council would be an important element toward making progress in Libya.
We need to be clear that regional groups must be within the ambit of the United Nations. When regional representatives of the Arab League and the African Union pushed for the UN to adopt a resolution, we fully supported that.
However, for clarification, we do not support unilateral actions by NATO to involve itself without the support of the UN.
We absolutely think it would be a progressive action to recognize the council so that there is someone to work with on the ground.