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Russia supports UN resolution on Libya
UNITED NATIONS, February 27 (Itar-Tass) - Russia has supported a
resolution on Libya that the UN Security Council passed Saturday night
"due to the seriousness of the events taking place in that country.
Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, made public Moscow's support for the resolution as he took the floor at the session of the Council.
Churkin said the numerous victims among civilian population cause
especial concern.
He indicated that Russia condemns the use of military power against peaceful demonstrators and any other acts violence as strictly
unacceptable.
Moscow insists on an urgent slashing of all such operations, Churkin said.
Russia urges the Libyan authorities to fulfill the demands that the international community has formulated in the UN resolution, as well as by the Arab League and the African Union.
Churkin said that this is necessary for averting a full-blown civil war in Libya and keeping it up as a sovereign and territorially integral country.
All the parties to the conflict should display responsibility, observe international norms and guarantee human rights, the ambassador said.
"Reliable security must be ensured for the foreigners, including
Russians, and it's important to provide all the conditions for their
uninterrupted return home," Churkin said.
Along with this, he expressed the opinion that any settlement of the current tensions in Libya is possible only if the sides manage transfer it to the sphere of politics.
"This is exactly what the UN Resolution is spearheaded at," Churkin said, adding that the document specifies precisely targeted measures against the officials guilty of violence against civilians but does not give the right to whatever military interference in the Libyan affairs, since this might aggravate the situation further.
The resolution the Security Council endorsed Saturday night imposes a ban on foreign trips by the Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi, nine members of his family and six closest associates.
The document that was endorsed unanimously also envisions the freezing bank accounts of Gaddafi, his son Seif al-Islam Gaddafi and another four family members.
In addition, it mentions the possibility of an embargo on the supplies of weaponry to Libya.
resolution on Libya that the UN Security Council passed Saturday night
"due to the seriousness of the events taking place in that country.
Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, made public Moscow's support for the resolution as he took the floor at the session of the Council.
Churkin said the numerous victims among civilian population cause
especial concern.
He indicated that Russia condemns the use of military power against peaceful demonstrators and any other acts violence as strictly
unacceptable.
Moscow insists on an urgent slashing of all such operations, Churkin said.
Russia urges the Libyan authorities to fulfill the demands that the international community has formulated in the UN resolution, as well as by the Arab League and the African Union.
Churkin said that this is necessary for averting a full-blown civil war in Libya and keeping it up as a sovereign and territorially integral country.
All the parties to the conflict should display responsibility, observe international norms and guarantee human rights, the ambassador said.
"Reliable security must be ensured for the foreigners, including
Russians, and it's important to provide all the conditions for their
uninterrupted return home," Churkin said.
Along with this, he expressed the opinion that any settlement of the current tensions in Libya is possible only if the sides manage transfer it to the sphere of politics.
"This is exactly what the UN Resolution is spearheaded at," Churkin said, adding that the document specifies precisely targeted measures against the officials guilty of violence against civilians but does not give the right to whatever military interference in the Libyan affairs, since this might aggravate the situation further.
The resolution the Security Council endorsed Saturday night imposes a ban on foreign trips by the Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi, nine members of his family and six closest associates.
The document that was endorsed unanimously also envisions the freezing bank accounts of Gaddafi, his son Seif al-Islam Gaddafi and another four family members.
In addition, it mentions the possibility of an embargo on the supplies of weaponry to Libya.
