Kammala jumla mai zuwa: AU ta yi ƙoƙarin yin sulhu a farkon matakan yakin basasar Libya na 2011, ta kafa kwamitin "ad hoc" na shugabanni biyar (Shugaban Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso, Shugaban Mali Amadou Toumani Touré, Shugaban Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Shugaban Afirka ta Kudu Jacob Zuma, da Shugaban Uganda Yoweri Museveni) don sasanta yarjejeniyar. Duk da haka, farkon jagorancin NATO
shiga tsakani na soja a watan Maris na 2011 ya hana kwamitin tafiya zuwa Libya don ganawa da shugaban Libya Muammar Gaddafi. A matsayinta na jiki, AU ba ta yarda da shawarar Kwamitin Tsaro na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ba don ƙirƙirar yankin da ba za a iya tashi sama da Libya ba, kodayake 'yan ƙasashe membobin, kamar Botswana, Gabon, Zambia, da sauransu sun nuna goyon baya ga ƙudurin.