World Clock

Thursday 17 March 2011

UN Votes for Libya No-Fly Zone: Al-Jazeera Arabic Reports Celebrations in Benghazi

Just moments ago the UN Security Council Voted in favour of upholding a no-fly zone.


Voting resulted in 10 for, 0 against & 5 abstentions (Russia, China, India, Germany and Brazil) The resolution was co-sponsored by France, Britain, Lebanon and United States 



Al-Jazeera Arabic reports that anti-Gaddafi protesters in the rebel stronghold on Benghazi celebrated as the resolution was passed by the UN Security Council in New York


For the complete text of the UN Security Council 

No comments:

Post a Comment