Friday, March 18, 2011

The UN resolution on Libya

NEW YORK - No fly zone, the protection of civilians, immediately, in Benghazi, a ban on commercial flights to and from Libya, strengthening the arms embargo, but clearly an "occupying force" in Libya, these are the key elements the resolution adopted by the UN Security Council. The text calls for an immediate ceasefire and the complete end of hostilities.

" This sentence was inserted at the request of Russia, who wanted the approval of a text different from that developed in the final version, by the French delegation. NO FLY ZONE - The resolution prohibits "all flights in the airspace (...) with the aim to protect civilians." The prohibition does not apply "to flights whose sole purpose is humanitarian." Member States, which "can act nationally or through regional organizations, are authorized to enforce the no fly zones.

The operations of the military jets will be taken "after having notified the Secretary General (UN) and the Secretary General of the Arab League." PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS, BUT NO A 'Occupying Power' - The text authorizes the use of "all necessary measures" to "protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in Libya, including Benghazi, referred explicitly to allow action before the arrival of the forces of Muammar Gaddafi.

The UN headquarters will be "immediately informed of the measures taken by member" for this purpose. In this step, since the first version, we added an aside that important "rules out an occupying force" in the African country. STRENGTHENING SANCTIONS AND EMBARGO - The resolution also calls for measures even harder to stop weapons arriving soldiers to Gaddafi and "mercenary armed personnel," allow inspections in "ports and airports and at sea, on ships and aircraft." Regarding the sanctions against the regime, the draft adds new names to those contained in resolution 1970, adopted a few days ago.

In particular, we inserted the Ambassador of Libya to Chad and the Governor of Ghat (Libya in the South) because it "involved in the recruitment of mercenaries" from other African countries. LOCKED AND BANKS TO STOP COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS - are blocked a number of entities such as finance Libyan Central Bank of Libya, the Libyan Investment Authority, Libyan Foreign Bank, as well as the Libyan National Oil Company.

All commercial flights to and from Libya are banned, just like the military, to stop the flow of money into the coffers of the regime or the arrival of new mercenaries.

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