Clinton: Put Libya’s Rebels in UN Seat

September 1, 2011 Updated: October 1, 2015

US secreatry of State Hillary Clinton arrives on September 1, 2011 at the Elysee palace in Paris before a meeting with french President Nicolas Sarkozy prior to a conference on Libya's post-Moammar Gadhafi future. (Miguel Medin/Getty Images )
US secreatry of State Hillary Clinton arrives on September 1, 2011 at the Elysee palace in Paris before a meeting with french President Nicolas Sarkozy prior to a conference on Libya's post-Moammar Gadhafi future. (Miguel Medin/Getty Images )
In a sign that Libyan rebels are gaining more international support, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday suggested giving the Libyan National Transitional Council the United Nations general assembly seat.

At the “Friends of Libya” conference held in Paris, Clinton said that “the work does not end with the end of an oppressive regime,” according to Reuters.

"Winning a war offers no guarantee of winning the peace that follows. What happens in the coming days will be critical,” she added.

At the meeting, dozens of nations lent their support to the NTC, Libya’s new interim government, and planned to unlock $15 billion in frozen Libyan assets.

“Enormous difficulties lie ahead of course but the Libyans are showing the world their courage, their spirit and their resilience,” said U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron in a statement.

But, “the action and the plan is being drawn up and carried out by the Libyans” rather than an international coalition, Cameron added.

An agreement was reached to allow NATO to continue conducting air strikes on key targets that are run by loyalists to disposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi.