Unix Timestamp: 1300320000
Thursday, March 17. 2011, 12:00:00 AM UTC


« Previous dayNext day »

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Arab Spring and the Libyan civil war: The United Nations Security Council votes 10-0 to create a no-fly zone over Libya in response to allegations of government aggression against civilians.
The United Nations Security Council after the failure of Libyan authorities to comply with its 1970 resolution of 26 February 2011, adopts Resolution 1973 //www.un.org/Docs/sc/unsc_resolutions11.htm (UN Security Council resolutions 1970 1973) that imposes a No-fly zone over Libya //www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/17/un-resolution-libya-no-fly-zone ("The Guardian"), //news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/17/u-n-imposes-no-fly-zone-over-libya/ (CNN), enforcing the arms embargo, freezing Libya's assets, and banning travel of Libyan officials involved in recruiting mercenaries, by All means necessary an addition that bypasses the UNSCR 1970's military intervention prevention and imposes a no-fly zone, initially rejected on UNSCR 1970.
Source: Wikipedia