NATO Operations - Visualizing Conflict Interest (sitios de interés)
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Following the popular uprising against the Qadhafi regime in Benghazi, Libya, on 17 February 2011, the United Nations (UN) Security Council adopted resolution 1970, which institutes an arms embargo, freezes the personal assets of (the now former) Libyan leaders and imposes a travel ban on senior figures. Since tensions continued, it adopted Resolution 1973 on 17 March authorizing member countries and regional organizations to take “all the necessary measures” to, inter alia, protect civilians and authorizing them to enforce a no-fly zone.
In March 2011, NATO Allies decided to take on all military operations regarding Libya under UN mandate, with Operation Unified Protector. For implementing the arms embargo, NATO warships and aircraft are patrolling the approaches to Libyan territorial waters. For protecting civilians and civilian-populated areas, NATO conducts reconnaissance, surveillance and information-gathering operations to identify those forces that present a threat to the Libyan people. NATO air and maritime assets can then engage military targets on the ground, at sea or in the air.