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Key elements in UN no-fly resolution on Libya

18 March 2011 04:57 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Key elements in the resolution adopted Thursday by the U.N. Security Council authorizing a no-fly zone over Libya and "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from attacks by Moammar Gadhafi’s forces, APA reports quoting news.yahoo.com website.

â€¢ Demands "the immediate establishment of a cease-fire and a complete end to violence and all attacks against, and abuses of, civilians."

â€¢ Demands that Libyan authorities "take all measures to protect civilians and meet their basic needs, and to ensure the rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian assistance."

â€¢ Authorizes U.N. member states "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."

â€¢ Decides "to establish a ban on all flights in the airspace of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in order to help protect civilians," but says humanitarian flights and flights authorized by the U.N. and Arab League can take place.

â€¢ Strengthens the arms embargo imposed on Feb. 26 by calling on U.N. member states "to inspect in their territory, including airports and seaports, and on the high seas, vessels and aircraft bound to or from" Libya if the country has information with "reasonable grounds" to believe the cargo contains banned military items, or that armed mercenaries are being transported.

â€¢ Orders all states to prevent any Libyan owned, operated, or registered aircraft â€” or any aircraft believed to be carrying prohibited weapons or mercenaries â€” to take off, land or overfly their territory without prior approval from the U.N. committee monitoring sanctions.

â€¢ Adds travel bans on the Libyan ambassador to Chad and the governor of Ghat, both directly involved in recruiting mercenaries for the Gadhafi regime.

â€¢ Extends an asset freeze to seven more individuals including three additional Gadhafi children, the defense minister, the director of military intelligence, the director of the external security organization, and the secretary for utilities.

â€¢ Freezes the assets of five key financial institutions: the Central Bank, the Libyan Investment Authority, the Libyan Foreign Bank, Libyan Africa Investment Portfoilio, and the Libyan National Oil Corporation.

â€¢ Asks Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to establish an eight-member panel of experts to help the U.N. sanctions committee monitor implementation of sanctions against Libya.