UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the Security Council to establish a mission in Libya to deal with the country's new rulers for an initial period of three months.

Mr Ban said in a letter that the support mission would provide political, electoral, constitutional, human rights and other kinds of advice to the National Transitional Council as it forms a new government following the fall of longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Ian Martin, Mr Ban's envoy to Libya, told reporters that Security Council members expressed support for such a mission during closed-door consultations. He said a draft resolution to establish the operation is expected to circulate on Monday.

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