Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Sixty-one Indonesians are currently still in conflict-torn Libya, Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Michael Tene said here on Monday.

"According to our official list, there are 61 Indonesians still in Libya. They consist of Indonesian Embassy staff in Tripoli, some students and migrant workers," said Tene.

He said the special task force for evacuation was still preparing all things necessary for the next evacuation effort.

Tene said, up till now a total of 809 Indonesians had been evacuated from Libya. Of this number, 489 people had left the country by air, 34 by crossing the border , 92 had left the country at their own expense and the remaining 194 had left the country before the crisis happened.

He said the Indonesian Embassy staff in Tripoli were still trying to reach out to other Indonesians living outside Tripoli for evacuation.

Earlier, UN chief Ban Ki-moon called on Muammar Gaddafi`s foreign minister to let a "humanitarian assessment" team visit Tripoli and named a special envoy to deal with the regime, his spokesman said.

Former Jordanian foreign minister Abdelilah Al-Khatib will undertake "urgent consultations" with Gaddafi`s government on the growing battle with rebel forces and work on the humanitarian crisis it has caused, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said.

The United Nations has demanded "urgent" access to the rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata, which has come under attack from regime forces, and the UN secretary general has expressed growing concern over what he has called Gaddafi`s "disproportionate" use of force.

Ban "strongly appealed for an end to the hostilities" in telephone talks with Libya`s Foreign Minister Mussa Kussa, Nesirky said.

Ban called on Gaddafi`s government "to ensure the safety of all foreign nationals and unhindered access for humanitarian organizations to people in need.

"In this regard, he suggested the immediate dispatch of a humanitarian assessment team to Tripoli, a request that was agreed to by the foreign minister," Nesirky said.

The team is being organized by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs which has had experts in the eastern rebel capital of Benghazi.

It was not immediately known where the team would be allowed to go in Tripoli, and whether they would be taken to other cities.(*)

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