Foreign ministers from Nato countries are meeting in Berlin, amid differences among members over the air campaign to protect civilians in Libya. The UK and France have been pushing for other countries to increase military pressure on Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Air strikes led by the US, France and Britain began last month. Nato has since taken leadership of the mission.
Ahead of the Berlin talks, the "contact group" on Libya issued a statement calling on Col Gaddafi to stand down.
Tasks in Nato's Libya mission include policing the arms embargo with ships and enforcing the UN-backed no-fly zone.
The UK and France want more countries involved in the most aggressive role, that of attacking targets on the ground.
Only six out of Nato's 28 members are conducting air strikes, with French and British warplanes carrying out half of the flights, a French official told AFP news agency. Nato itself is not giving breakdowns of aircraft provided by each country for sorties.
There are divisions within the alliance over the campaign, with Turkey and Germany opposed to the Libya mission and several other members expressing reservations about stepping up attacks.
Spanish junior minister for European affairs, Diego Lopez Garrido, said more contributions were "not necessary", AFP news agency reported.
Italy allows missions to be flown on its territory but is not currently taking part in air strikes, saying its main concern is the safety of civilians on the ground.
The rebels' stronghold in eastern Libya, says the Berlin meeting must be seen as a diplomatic counter-offensive by Britain and France to try to increase the tempo as opposed to members that are reluctant to do so.
'Renewed atrocities'
The Libya conflict will also be discussed by officials from the African Union and Organisation of the Islamic Conference in Cairo. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Arab League head Amr Moussa are among those attending.
Nato role in Libya
- Alliance in full control of military operations since 31 March
- Nato has about 195 aircraft and 18 vessels under its control
- Mission includes enforcing arms embargo, policing no-fly zone, and carrying out attacks on ground targets
- 2,038 sorties flown in two weeks
- Six of 28 Nato members carrying out air strikes - French official
Members Germany and Turkey oppose military action in Libya
The US has scaled back its role in Libya, though on Wednesday it clarified that US jets were still carrying out bombing raids on Libya's air defences.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is due to attend the meeting in Berlin, condemned the "continued brutal attacks on the Libyan people" by Col Gaddafi's forces.
"In recent days, we have received disturbing reports of renewed atrocities," she said in a statement.
Meeting in Paris late on Wednesday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and UK Prime Minister David Cameron agreed to step up military pressure on Col Gaddafi, a French official said.
The official, who briefed reporters on the meeting, said the coalition should have "all the means it needs", and that it should show "total determination" to end the sieges of the rebel-held western towns of Misrata and Zintan.
"The [rebel] Transitional National Council is not having problems finding the weapons they need and friends to show them how to use them," he added.
The official said France was not arming rebels, but "that doesn't mean we don't sympathise with those who do".
Britain said it was to provide the rebels with 1,000 sets of body armour, and that 100 satellite phones had already been sent.
'Financial piracy'
Libyan Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim accused Qatar of supplying rebels with French-made anti-tank missiles and sending military trainers, reports said.
He also said Lebanese militants from Hezbollah were helping the rebels. The claims could not be immediately verified.
On Wednesday the contact group, which includes Western powers, their Middle Eastern allies and international organisations, met rebel leaders in Doha, Qatar.
It agreed to continue to provide the rebels with "material support", and to consider channelling funds to them.
In Libya on Wednesday rebels reported more heavy fighting in Misrata, where Col Gaddafi's forces have been trying to dislodge them with bombardments and street attacks for weeks.
Nato said it had attacked munitions bunkers 13km (8 miles) from the Libyan capital, while Libyan TV reported other air strikes in the Libyan cities of al-Aziziya, Sirte, and Misrata.
As the fighting continues, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned that more than half of Libya's population of six million might eventually require humanitarian aid.
About 490,000 people had fled Libya since the conflict began in February, he said.
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