UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said that the Libya war and revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia should be a warning to authoritarian leaders in the Middle East and North Africa who are still ordering forces to shoot demonstrators. The UN Secretary General, who has castigated the king of Bahrain and strongly condemned the repression of demonstrations in Yemen and Syria in recent days, said that other nations have a duty to speak out.

Ban who began a trip to Egypt and Tunisia on Monday said, it is clear that a wind of change is sweeping this region. He said, the international community, has a responsibility to help those people, so that leaders could hear clearly and sincerely the voices of the people and their aspirations.

The UN secretary general said he have been talking to all the leaders in the region without exception, every day, urging them to take bold reform measures that respect the will of their people and ensure freedom of speech.