Integration-Adaptation Model To Manage A Multicultural Conflict

3. INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION
It was reported by the amnesty international that Gaddafi government was using lethal force against civilians and protesters. The Libyan security forces and the squad of mercenaries fired live ammunition into the crowd of protesters and other civilians. The follow-up speech on the national television by Gadhafi that the protesters are traitors and so should be killed was condemned in total terms by the international communities. Consequently, the United Nations quickly called for a cease fire while the Arab League expelled Libya. The African Union also condemned the indiscriminate and excessive use of force against the peaceful protesters. The United Nations passed resolution 1970 which called for immediate cease-fire
LESSON FOR MANAGEMENT OF CONFLICT
Ryan Timothy Jacobs suggested the use of Integration-Adaptation Model to manage a multicultural conflict like Libya. According to him, this model will consider the aims, values and strategies of both the cultural approach to conflict management and the multicultural approach which champions notion of equity, justice and fairness in dispute through the process of developing competencies and conditions that allows individual and groups to strike a balance between personal interest and the interest of the community where they belong.
Therefore in case of Libya, the following could be adopted to manage the conflict:
 It is very important that reconciliation process is inclusive so that all the communities are carried along and able to participate in decision
Katie A Johnson, in her article “Transformation of Conflict Status in Libya” laid out the qualifications to determine a conflict as international or non-international. She further argue that the initial internal uprising in Libya rose to the level of a non-international armed conflict and so the appropriate article no 3 should apply. But as soon as the international community intervened, it became an international armed conflict which is governed by article 2. The question now is how successful was the international intervention in Libya? Was the right article applied?
Is important to note that the political structures and competition among the various groups for political powers has made it impossible to establish a legitimate political representative.
The current campaign by a section of the Libyan military under General Khalifa Hafter does not seem to be a long term solution to the crisis even though he was able to recapture some oil facilities. His action is detrimental to the peace process initiated by the United Nation. There can be no progress on political front and the economy of the country is expected to deteriorate further, as there is the likelihood that the revenue from the oil might be use to sponsor the on-going conflict between the Government of the National Accord and the House of