Spokesman's claims
Gaddafi's spokesman has dismissed suggestions that Bani Walid was about to surrender and insisted that tribal leaders there were still loyal to the deposed leader.
"Bani Walid is a major city hosting one of the biggest tribes in Libya who have declared their allegiance to the leader and they refused all approaches for negotiation with the Transitional Council," Moussa Ibrahim told Reuters in a telephone interview.
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A special envoy for Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, arrived in Tripoli on Saturday to deliver a message that the world body was ready to assist in re-establishing security.
Ian Martin, the UN special adviser, told Reuters on Sunday that Libya's election process needs to begin soon and the proliferation of weapons is a "major concern".
"I am here now to discuss with the National Transitional Council how the United Nations can be most helpful in the future," he said on arrival.
Martin arrived amid questions about the UN's future role in the country, particularly about whether a peacekeeping mission will be necessary.
"I think the future leaders of Libya face a very big challenge, they have already shown the ways in which they are ready to tackle that challenge and it will be the commitment of the United Nations to assist them in any way they ask."
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