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Security Council Briefing by the Committee on Libyan sanctions

New York (USA) | 28 March 2011

Ambassador José Filipe Moraes Cabral, Permanent Representative of Portugal, who will speak in his capacity as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011).
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and giving me the opportunity (...)

Remarks at National Defense University by Barack Obama in Address to the Nation on Libya

by Barack Obama

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 28 March 2011

Libya, Africa and the Victorians

by Nathaniel Manheru

Harare (Zimbabwe) | 28 March 2011

Viewed from Sub-Saharan Africa, the war against Libya has a scent of déjà vu. According to influential Zimbabwean columnist Nathaniel Manheru, the colonial powers (joined by their former US and Canadian colonies, but let down by bankrupt Portugal) are reenacting the partition of Africa, each (...)

Benedict XVI’s call for the cessation of the war in Libya

by Benedict XVI

Vatican City | 27 March 2011

After the Angelus, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has read the following statement in Italian:
In the face of the ever more dramatic news that is coming from Libya, my trepidation for the safety of the civil population grows as does my apprehension for the developments of the situation, (...)

Statement by Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Libya

by Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Brussels (Belgium) | 27 March 2011

NATO Allies have decided to take on the whole military operation in Libya under the United Nations Security Council Resolution. Our goal is to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under threat of attack from the Gaddafi regime. NATO will implement all aspects of the UN Resolution. (...)

Russian Ambassador to Libya tags Medvedev as traitor

27 March 2011

Russian Ambassador to Tripoli Vladimir Chamov was relieved of his duties by President Medvedev. In a diplomatic cable, Chamov supposedly referred to Dmitry Medvedev as a "traitor", something that he has denied.
The fact remains that, on arrival at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo’s airport, Mr. Chamov (...)

Libyan War And Control Of The Mediterranean

by Rick Rozoff

Chicago | 26 March 2011

Had Muammar Gaddafi become too pesky for the likes of Nicolas Sarkozy and his Atlanticist partners, by standing in the way of their agenda for the domination of the Mediterranean sea region? France’s direct role in nurturing the rebellion against the Libyan leader is no longer a secret. In (...)

Barack Obama address on Libya

by Barack Obama

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 26 March 2011

Gaddafi’s photo album: a festival of hypocrisy!

26 March 2011

What hypocrites! They now pretend they never even met me. After all we shared together .... they’re bombing my country!

Council of European Union : conclusions on Libya and southern neighbourhood

Brussels (Belgium) | 25 March 2011

18. The European Council discussed the situation in Libya and endorsed the conclusions adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council on 21 March. Recalling its March 11 Declaration, the European Council expressed its satisfaction after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1973, which (...)

Consultative meeting of the African Union on Libya

Nouakchott (Mauritania) | 25 March 2011

1. As part of the follow‐up to the communiqué of the meeting of the African Union (AU)
High‐Level ad hoc Committee on Libya, which was held in Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of
Mauritania, on 19 March 2011, a consultative meeting on the situation in Libya was
convened in Addis Ababa on 25 (...)

French plans to topple Gaddafi on track since last November

by Franco Bechis

25 March 2011

According to right-wing Italian journalist Franco Bechis, plans to spark the Benghazi rebellion were initiated by French intelligence services in November 2010. As Miguel Martinez from the progressive ComeDonChisciotte website observes, these revelations which have the blessing of the (...)

Statement by Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Libya no-fly zone

by Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Brussels (Belgium) | 24 March 2011

NATO Allies have now decided to enforce the no-fly zone over Libya.
We are taking action as part of the broad international effort to protect civilians against the attacks by the Gaddafi regime. We will cooperate with our partners in the region and welcome their contributions.
All NATO (...)

Guido Westerwelle in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on the Libya policy

by Guido Westerwelle

Berlin (Germany) | 24 March 2011

A week ago, the Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, which authorizes the use of force to protect civilians in Libya. Germany abstained in the relevant vote. Since then, there has been a barrage of criticism – not only but in particular – from sections of the Opposition. A former Foreign (...)

Security Council Briefing by Ban Ki-moon on Libya

by Ban Ki-moon

New York (USA) | 24 March 2011

I appreciate this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in Libya and to discuss events in the wake of the Council’s adoption of resolution 1973 (2011).
At the Paris summit convened on 19 March by President Sarkozy, the international community called for an immediate (...)

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