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[list][*]The UNSC has imposed an arms embargo and asset freeze on Libya by a unanimous vote.
[*]Gaddafi has become the second person in history to be referred by the UN to the International Criminal Court.
[*]Barack Obama has said that Gaddafi should resign and leave Libya immediately.
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[quote=BBC News]The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to impose sanctions on Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan regime for its attempts to put down an uprising.
They backed an arms embargo and asset freeze while referring Col Gaddafi to the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity.
US President Barack Obama has said the Libyan leader should step down and leave the country immediately.
Discussions on forming a transitional government are reportedly underway.
Mustafa Abdel-Jalil - who resigned as justice minister in protest against the excessive use of force against demonstrators - said a body comprising military and civilian figures would prepare for elections within three months, Libya's privately-owned Quryna newspaper reported.
Libya's ambassadors to the United States and UN have both reportedly voiced their support for the plan, which was being discussed in the rebel-controlled eastern town of Benghazi.
The UN estimates more than 1,000 people have died as Col Gadddafi's regime attempted to quell the 10-day-old revolt.
The global body's World Food Programme has warned that the food distribution system is "at risk of collapsing" in the North African nation, which is heavily dependent on imports.
[b]Struggle for control[/b]
Saturday night's vote was only the second time the Security Council has referred a country to the ICC, and the first time such a vote has been unanimous.
Afterwards, Libya's deputy UN envoy said the sanctions would give "moral support" to the anti-Gaddafi protesters.
"[The sanctions] will help put an end to this fascist regime which is still in existence in Tripoli," said Ibrahim Dabbashi, who declared his opposition to Col Gaddafi at the start of the week.
The Libyan delegation at the UN had sent a letter to the Council backing measures to hold to account those responsible for armed attacks on Libyan civilians, including action through the International Criminal Court - which had been one of the main points of contention in the resolution.
The US has already imposed sanctions against Libya, and closed its embassy in Tripoli.
Australia says it will place sanctions on 22 individuals in Col Gaddafi's inner circle. barring financial transactions and their entry to Australia.
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said the move was a "concrete demonstration of Australia's support for the people of Libya".
On Saturday, one of Col Gaddafi's sons, Saif al-Islam, insisted that normal life was continuing in three-quarters of Libya. By contrast, anti-Gaddafi forces say they control 80% of the country.
Each side's claims are difficult to confirm but it is known that the opposition controls Benghazi, Libya's second city, while Col Gaddafi still controls the capital Tripoli, home to two million of the country's 6.5 million population.
[b]Evacuation[/b]
Thousands of foreign nationals - many of them employed in the oil industry - continue to be evacuated from the country by air, sea and land.
Saturday saw two British military transport aircraft pick up about 150 foreign nationals in the desert south of Benghazi and fly them to the Mediterranean island of Malta.
Britain also announced it had temporarily closed its embassy in Tripoli and pulled out its staff on the last UK government-chartered aircraft because of the deteriorating security situation.
Some 10,000 people remain outside Tripoli airport's terminal building and several thousand more are inside, says BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen, who saw piles of discarded luggage abandoned by people desperate to flee the country.
Most of those trying to leave were Egyptians, many of whom had been waiting at the airport for several days.
Friday saw Col Gaddafi make a defiant address to supporters in Tripoli and reports of anti-government demonstrators in several areas of the city coming under fire from government troops and pro-Gaddafi militiamen.
On Saturday the capital city was calm, with shops open, people on the streets, and supporters of Col Gaddafi reportedly occupying central Green Square in a public show of support for the beleaguered leader.
Outside the capital, anti-Gaddafi protesters were consolidating their power in Benghazi, with leaders of the uprising establishing committees to run the city and deliver basic services.
Rebels were reportedly fighting units of the regular army in the western cities of Misrata and Zawiya.
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Oh no! The UN is gonna write a angry letter and send toy tanks!
And people said Iran would be the United States' next invasion target.
Wrong again, its Libya!
[QUOTE=Best4bond;28313003]Oh no! The UN is gonna write a angry letter and send toy tanks![/QUOTE]
Did you even read?
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The UNSC has imposed an arms embargo and asset freeze on Libya by a unanimous vote.
Gaddafi has become the second person in history to be referred by the UN to the International Criminal Court.[/quote]
[QUOTE=5killer;28313273]Did you even read?[/QUOTE]
And will that actually stop anything in Libya right now?
Nope.
May as well of written an angry letter, because nothing is getting achieved anyways.
Hmm, this reminds me of something, I can't quite put my finger on it...
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UN looks more and more like the League of Nations. It's entirely useless in just about every conflict happening right now.
Shit feels like the start of the 1900's all over again.
[QUOTE=ze beaver;28313690]UN looks more and more like the League of Nations. It's entirely useless in just about every conflict happening right now.[/QUOTE]
It's always been entirely useless and actually, no, it's worse than entirely useless. It's a detriment to society.
The UN gives outrageous rights to the bigger countries in the world and largely ignores what they do, what little they do actually accomplish is usually to the detriment of some lower or smaller society.
The League of Nations was disbanded because it was entirely useless but the UN has more members than the LoN ever did and it gives the most powerful nations in the world even more power over others and the powerful nations [i]actually convinced, somehow, smaller nations to sign it[/i].
How all this works or is a benefit to society is beyond me.
If it's about relief we can sign treaties with other countries relating to belief, or trade or sanctions or whatever but this centralized power isn't working out.
Far too much leeway when it comes to bigger nations or friends of bigger nations and not enough action taken when something truly horrible happens.
Well this is going to become even more interesting now.
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I also hope they Col Gaddafi and hang the bastard.
[QUOTE=s0beit;28313772]It's always been entirely useless and actually, no, it's worse than entirely useless. It's a detriment to society.
The UN gives outrageous rights to the bigger countries in the world and largely ignores what they do, what little they do actually accomplish is usually to the detriment of some lower or smaller society.
The League of Nations was disbanded because it was entirely useless but the UN has more members than the LoN ever did and it gives the most powerful nations in the world even more power over others and the powerful nations [i]actually convinced, somehow, smaller nations to sign it[/i].
How all this works or is a benefit to society is beyond me.
If it's about relief we can sign treaties with other countries relating to belief, or trade or sanctions or whatever but this centralized power isn't working out.
Far too much leeway when it comes to bigger nations or friends of bigger nations and not enough action taken when something truly horrible happens.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't really call the UN a "centralized power". They're not any kind of governing body, just an organization of cooperation of which achieves nothing.
Disband the U.N. please it does nothing and blocks nations from doing things they would do if they werent in it.
For example, embargo Israel.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;28313869]I wouldn't really call the UN a "centralized power". They're not any kind of governing body, just an organization of cooperation of which achieves nothing.[/QUOTE]
It is though because of the structure that it's given. Sure it's willing but it's coercive, if your voice isn't being heard by the UN then your country suffers for it (albeit marginally in some people's eyes).
[QUOTE=Explosions;28313894]Disband the U.N. please it does nothing and blocks nations from doing things they would do if they werent in it.
For example, embargo Israel.[/QUOTE]
I have a feeling if the U.N. falls then every country will launch bombs and nukes everywhere. Just a feeling. Dont go "LUL YOU ARE RETARDED" on me.
[QUOTE=Rocko's;28313945]I have a feeling if the U.N. falls then every country will launch bombs and nukes everywhere. Just a feeling. Dont go "LUL YOU ARE RETARDED" on me.[/QUOTE]
Right, because the UN would stop them?
aghhagahgagha
[QUOTE=Rocko's;28313945]I have a feeling if the U.N. falls then every country will launch bombs and nukes everywhere. Just a feeling. Dont go "LUL YOU ARE RETARDED" on me.[/QUOTE]
UL YOU ARE RETARDED
Seriously, what makes you think this?
[QUOTE=Rocko's;28313945]I have a feeling if the U.N. falls then every country will launch bombs and nukes everywhere. Just a feeling. Dont go "LUL YOU ARE RETARDED" on me.[/QUOTE]
If you think about it, the UN can't really prevent that from happening now.
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