UN Security Council Orders Sanctions Against Libya

  • 12/15/2022
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New York, Rabi Al-Awwal 24, 1432, Feb 27, 2011, SPA -- The UN Security Council voted late Saturday to institute sanctions against Libya, including an arms embargo and the referral of the situation to International Criminal Court in response to "widespread and systematic" attacks on civilian protesters. The Council voted 15-0 to adopt a resolution that invokes Chapter 7 of the UN Charter. The UN sanctions committee will also designate individuals to be subject to a travel ban and have their assets in foreign countries frozen, the Council was quoted as saying by the German Press Agency "DPA." --SPA 12:14 LOCAL TIME 09:14 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/868514

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