United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973

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United Nations Security Council resolution international measure legal instrument

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 is a 2011 UN measure that authorized international military action, including a no-fly zone, to protect civilians during the Libyan Civil War.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
S/RES/1973(2011)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations Security Council resolution ⓘ international measure ⓘ legal instrument ⓘ
abstentionBy	Brazil ⓘ China ⓘ Germany ⓘ India ⓘ Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation
adoptedBy	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
adoptionDate	2011-03-17 ⓘ
aimedTo	protect civilian populated areas under threat of attack ⓘ protect civilians in Libya ⓘ
appliesTo	Libyan airspace ⓘ territory of Libya ⓘ
authorized	all necessary measures to protect civilian populated areas under threat of attack in Libya ⓘ all necessary measures to protect civilians ⓘ member states to enforce an arms embargo on Libya ⓘ member states to enforce the no-fly zone ⓘ no-fly zone over Libya ⓘ use of force to protect civilians in Libya ⓘ
calledOn	Member States to cooperate with the Secretary-General on implementation ⓘ Member States to notify the Secretary-General of measures taken under the resolution ⓘ
chapterOfUNCharterInvoked	Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
concerns	2011 Libyan uprising ⓘ 2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ surface form: Libyan Civil War
coSponsor	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States other Security Council members ⓘ
demanded	end to violence against civilians in Libya ⓘ immediate ceasefire in Libya ⓘ
documentSymbol	United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: S/RES/1973(2011)
established	asset freeze measures ⓘ ban on all flights in the airspace of Libya ⓘ enhanced arms embargo on Libya ⓘ no-fly zone over Libyan airspace ⓘ
hasSubject	protection of civilians in armed conflict ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasisFor	2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ surface form: NATO-led military intervention in Libya in 2011 Operation Odyssey Dawn ⓘ surface form: Operation Unified Protector coalition airstrikes against Libyan government forces in 2011 ⓘ
partOf	United Nations Security Council resolutions ⓘ surface form: United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Libya
prohibited	foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory ⓘ
relatedTo	United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 ⓘ
resolutionNumber	1973 ⓘ
sponsor	France ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
strengthened	sanctions imposed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 ⓘ
subjectOf	international debate on Responsibility to Protect ⓘ
voteResult	10 in favour, 0 against, 5 abstentions ⓘ
year	2011 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 → documentSymbol → United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: S/RES/1973(2011)

2011 Libyan Civil War → legalBasisForIntervention → United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 ⓘ

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 → precedes → United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 ⓘ

Battle of Benghazi → relatedTo → United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 ⓘ