Monday, March 28, 2011

Open ended war


·         NATO has announced that it is going to take over responsibility of implementing the no fly zone over libya while the coalation of countries will implement arms embargo
·         Turkey, a NATO member, opposes this move for two reasons
o   It is against the growing control of france over libya
o   Arms embargo was never a part of UNSC resolution 1973
NATO
·         Secretary general: Anders Fogh Rasmussen from denmark
·         Head quarters: brussels, belgium
·         Formed in 1949
·         Expanded 7 times so far
·         28 members
o   Nonmembers are: Ireland, Finland,Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, belarus, ukraine, macedonia, maldova, kosovo, serbia, montenegro, bosnia

More information on NATO: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO#Membership

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