Libya waits on Saturday a UNSC meeting in a bid to find way to stop bloodshed, as the country faces more deadly battles, a day after US President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Libya’s government.

Libya waits on Saturday a UN Security Council meeting in a bid to find way to stop bloodshed, as the country faces more deadly battles, a day after US President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Libya’s government, targeting long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi over the violent crackdown on protesters.

Obama through an executive order seized assets and blocked any property in the United States belonging to Gaddafi or his four sons.
"These sanctions therefore target the Gaddafi government, while protecting the assets that belong to the people of Libya," Obama said in a statement late on Friday.
"By any measure, Muammar Gaddafi's government has violated international norms and common decency and must be held accountable," the statement said.

"These sanctions therefore target the Gaddafi government, while protecting the assets that belong to the people of Libya.
"The Libyan government's continued violation of human rights, brutalization of its people, and outrageous threats have rightly drawn the strong and broad condemnation of the international community," the statement said.

"We will stand steadfastly with the Libyan people in their demand for universal rights, and a government that is responsive to their aspirations. Their human dignity cannot be denied."

Washington announced the sanctions move, along with the closing of its embassy and withdrawal of U.S. diplomats, after a chartered ferry and a plane carrying Americans and other evacuees left Libya earlier on Friday.
The Obama administration had been criticized for its suspicious restrained response so far to the turmoil. But U.S. officials claimed that “safety of the Americans” had tempered Washington's response.

UNSC MEETING
On the other hand, the UN Security Council is to meet on Saturday to discuss a possible sanctions resolution against Libya’s defiant leader, diplomats said.
Experts will hold talks on Saturday morning and the full council will meet from 11:00 am (1600 GMT).

French ambassador Gerard Araud said he hoped a resolution could be passed during the day.
Western powers have drawn up a draft resolution which calls for an arms embargo against Libya and a travel ban and assets freeze against Gaddafi and his family and top officials.
The resolution also warns that the violence against Libyan civilians could be crimes against humanity and calls for an investigation by the International Criminal Court.

Libya's ambassador to the United Nations became the latest official to defect as regime loyalists opened fire in shootings that spread through Tripoli, killing several unarmed civilians.
"Please, the United Nations, save Libya," Mohammed Shalgham told the Security Council in an emotional speech.

Libya's deputy UN ambassador, Ibrahim Dabbashi, said he expected more people to be killed and warned that Kadhafi is "psychologically unstable," saying he had the choice between being killed or committing suicide.