United Nations. .- The Security Council unanimously approved a UN resolution imposing sanctions against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi and his environment, as the freezing of assets abroad, the travel ban and arms embargo. The resolution adopted by the fifteen members of the highest UN body also authorizes the International Criminal Court (ICC), based in The Hague, an investigation into human rights violations incurred in the Libyan regime.
"Thanks for the adoption of this resolution. Represents moral support for the Libyan people," said the ambassador of Libya, Abdurrahman Shalgam, who saw a "sign to end" the regime of Gaddafi. The highest body of decisions of the UN adopted this resolution, 1970, at a meeting that lasted nearly nine hours and was held in closed session under the presidency of the Ambassador of Brazil, Maria Luisa Ribeiro Viotti.
The resolution requests the ICC to investigate the possible commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the brutal suppression of protests, imposing a total embargo on weapons, ban foreign travel and freezing the assets of Gadhafi and his 21 people environment, including several relatives and top officials of his government.
It also addresses the issue of humanitarian assistance, one of the greatest concern to the UN. Regarding humanitarian assistance, the draft resolution states that have an "authorization for member states to take all necessary measures to allow the return to Libya for humanitarian agencies and ensure quick and safe assistance to those in need" .
"When you commit atrocities against the innocent, the international community must speak with one voice, and has done well today," said U.S. Ambassador, Susan Rice, after the vote, which also noted that resolution 1970, "Council condemns violence, calls for responsibility and imposes sanctions." Rice added that the package of sanctions against Gadhafi and his regime is a clear warning to the Libyan Government must stop the violence now.
" The ambassador of Portugal, Jose Filipe Moraes Cabral, said in turn that the resolution adopted unanimously Libya sends the message that "impunity is not tolerated" and that those responsible for human rights crimes are brought to justice. "This is a clear warning to the perpetrators of systematic attacks against the civilian population that will be brought to justice," he said in his turn the German ambassador, Peter Wittig.
Ambassador of Colombia, Nestor Osorio, spoke in similar vein to other countries and also noted that "Libya has to find a way to respond to the legitimate aspirations of its people." Other countries, including Russia and China, were equally unanimous in their condemnation of violence and the Chinese ambassador, Li Baodong, said his country is "very concerned about the situation in Libya" and urged that country to "restore as soon as possible the stability and order, and resolve the crisis peacefully.
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"Thanks for the adoption of this resolution. Represents moral support for the Libyan people," said the ambassador of Libya, Abdurrahman Shalgam, who saw a "sign to end" the regime of Gaddafi. The highest body of decisions of the UN adopted this resolution, 1970, at a meeting that lasted nearly nine hours and was held in closed session under the presidency of the Ambassador of Brazil, Maria Luisa Ribeiro Viotti.
The resolution requests the ICC to investigate the possible commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the brutal suppression of protests, imposing a total embargo on weapons, ban foreign travel and freezing the assets of Gadhafi and his 21 people environment, including several relatives and top officials of his government.
It also addresses the issue of humanitarian assistance, one of the greatest concern to the UN. Regarding humanitarian assistance, the draft resolution states that have an "authorization for member states to take all necessary measures to allow the return to Libya for humanitarian agencies and ensure quick and safe assistance to those in need" .
"When you commit atrocities against the innocent, the international community must speak with one voice, and has done well today," said U.S. Ambassador, Susan Rice, after the vote, which also noted that resolution 1970, "Council condemns violence, calls for responsibility and imposes sanctions." Rice added that the package of sanctions against Gadhafi and his regime is a clear warning to the Libyan Government must stop the violence now.
" The ambassador of Portugal, Jose Filipe Moraes Cabral, said in turn that the resolution adopted unanimously Libya sends the message that "impunity is not tolerated" and that those responsible for human rights crimes are brought to justice. "This is a clear warning to the perpetrators of systematic attacks against the civilian population that will be brought to justice," he said in his turn the German ambassador, Peter Wittig.
Ambassador of Colombia, Nestor Osorio, spoke in similar vein to other countries and also noted that "Libya has to find a way to respond to the legitimate aspirations of its people." Other countries, including Russia and China, were equally unanimous in their condemnation of violence and the Chinese ambassador, Li Baodong, said his country is "very concerned about the situation in Libya" and urged that country to "restore as soon as possible the stability and order, and resolve the crisis peacefully.
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