Australia today called on the Security Council of the United Nations to create an exclusion zone to prevent aerial bombardment of civilians by government aircraft of Muammar Gadhafi. Australian Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, urged the representatives to the Security Council not to remain indifferent to civilian deaths in Libya, as in the conflicts in Darfur, Rwanda or the Balkans.
"Look what it did in Rwanda: Failure. Look at Darfur: failure. Look at the Balkans: partial failure," said Australian Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, ABC television channel. "I hope the international community to learn from history, because if one, two or three months Gadhafi began to gain ground and starts the killing of civilians, will affect the entire international community," said Rudd.
France and the UK are in favor of the creation of the no-fly zone, to be voted today at the UN headquarters in New York, while Germany, Russia and China have been skeptical of the effectiveness of the measure. 
"Look what it did in Rwanda: Failure. Look at Darfur: failure. Look at the Balkans: partial failure," said Australian Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, ABC television channel. "I hope the international community to learn from history, because if one, two or three months Gadhafi began to gain ground and starts the killing of civilians, will affect the entire international community," said Rudd.
France and the UK are in favor of the creation of the no-fly zone, to be voted today at the UN headquarters in New York, while Germany, Russia and China have been skeptical of the effectiveness of the measure.
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