| ID | 116645 |
| Title Proper | Libya's lessons |
| Other Title Information | the air campaign |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Barrie, Douglas |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | After the Libyan regime of Colonel Muammar Gadhafi stepped up its military campaign against rebel forces in February and March 2011, in defiance of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1970, pressure to impose a no-fly zone - which would require attacking the regime's air defences - began to mount. On 17 March, the Security Council, with China, Russia, Germany, Brazil and India abstaining, passed Resolution 1973 authorising nations to 'take all necessary measures … to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, including Benghazi, while excluding a foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory'. It also imposed a no-fly zone across Libya, and authorised member states to take all necessary measures to enforce it. The resolution did not provide an explicit mandate to provide direct military aid to the rebels, which would probably have provoked a veto from Russia or China. |
| `In' analytical Note | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 54, No.6; Dec-Jan 2012: p.57-65 |
| Journal Source | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 54, No.6; Dec-Jan 2012: p.57-65 |
| Key Words | Russia ; China ; Libya ; Benghazi ; UN Security Council Resolution ; Muammar Gadhafi ; United States ; NATO |