UNITED NATIONS, Feb 24: The UN Development Programme has dropped Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi’s daughter as a goodwill ambassador.

UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said on Wednesday that UNDP’s agreement with Aisha Qadhafi had been terminated following recent events in Libya that include a crackdown by Col Qadhafi on anti-government protesters.

He said Aisha Qadhafi was appointed a goodwill ambassador for Libya on July 24, 2009 to focus on UN anti-poverty goals especially combating HIV/AIDS and violence against women, both culturally sensitive topics.

Aisha Qadhafi is a law professor who reportedly was part of the defence team for the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein after his downfall.

Goodwill ambassadors are volunteers and do not have UN diplomatic documents.— AP