The arms embargo monitoring effort has been carried out since March 2020 by a European Union mission called Operation Irini, the Greek word for “peace.” The EU said at the start that it would have as “its core task the implementation of the U.N. But they were canceled and the country now has rival governments with two Libyans claiming to be prime minister. An October 2020 cease-fire led to an agreement on a transitional government and elections aimed at unifying the country that were scheduled for December 2021. His campaign collapsed after Turkey stepped up its military support for the U.N.-supported government. In April 2019, Hifter and his forces, backed by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, launched an offensive to try and capture Tripoli. Each side is supported by different militias and foreign powers.įederal News Network's Cloud Exchange 2023: Discover how agencies across the government use cloud to reimagine government services - from the enterprise to the edge in this 3 day event. It then became divided between rival governments - one in the east, backed by military commander Khalifa Hifter, and a U.N.-supported administration in the capital, Tripoli. Oil-rich Libya plunged into turmoil after a NATO-backed uprising in 2011 toppled dictator Moammar Gadhafi, who was later killed. arms embargo can be extended to other countries and regional organizations. The brief resolution extends the authorization for inspections for a year and reaffirms the Security Council’s “determination that terrorism, in all forms and manifestations, constitutes one of the most serious threats to peace and security.” The authorization to monitor the U.N.

It claimed the EU operation has been ineffective in stopping the flow of illegal weapons to Libya. The vote on the resolution sponsored by France and Malta was 14-0, with Russia abstaining, just as it did last year. Security Council adopted a resolution Friday renewing the European Union’s permission to inspect vessels off Libya’s coast suspected of violating the an arms embargo on the troubled North African nation. While America currently operates more spaceports and has a far wider network of international and commercial partners than China, the Chinese program has proceeded in a steady and cautious manner reflecting the county’s vast increase in economic power and global influence since the 1980s.UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. sent six crewed missions to the moon between 19, three of which involved the use of a drivable lunar rover that China says it is now developing with tenders in the private sector. Other countries and organizations ranging from the India and the United Arab Emirates to Israel and the European Union are also planning lunar missions. and China have also landed rovers on Mars and Beijing plans to follow the U.S. In addition to their lunar programs, the U.S. I very much regret that personally,” he said. Congress has relevant motions banning cooperation in aerospace between the U.S. “Our country’s consistent stance is that as long as the goal is to utilize space for peaceful purposes, we are willing to cooperate and communicate with any country or aerospace organization,” Li said. Speaking Monday afternoon in Jiuquan, the technology director of the Chinese crewed space flight agency, Li Yingliang, said China hoped for more international collaboration, including with the U.S. law tightly restricts cooperation between the two countries’ space programs and while China says it welcomes foreign collaborations, those have thus far been limited to scientific research. Plans for permanent crewed bases on the moon are also being considered by both countries, raising questions about rights and interests on the lunar surface.

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