The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Libya: Reviewing Operation Unified Protector

Abstract

On March 17, 2011, 1 month after the beginning of the Libyan revolution and up to 2,000 civilians dead, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decided to back a no-fly zone over Libya and authorized all necessary measures to protect civilians. While France, Great Britain, and the United States took immediate military action using air and missile strikes, considerations to hand the mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) emerged within days of the operation. On March 22, 2012, NATO agreed to enforce the arms embargo against Libya; 2 days later, it announced it would take over all military aspects of UNSC Resolution (UNSCR) 1973. On March 31, 2012, Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR (OUP) began. For the first time in its history, NATO was at war with an Arab country.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA580956

Entities

People

  • Florence Gaub

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Defense Systems
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Middle East
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Planning
  • Nato
  • Personnel Management
  • Sociopolitics
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.