Libya
UN Documents

Security Council Resolution

S/RES/2016 (27 October 2011) lifted the no-fly zone and the provisions for the use of force for the protection of civilians.
S/RES/2009 (16 September 2011) authorised the deployment of UNSMIL and partially lifted sanctions.
• S/RES/1973 (17 March 2011) was adopted with ten votes and five abstentions and authorised all necessary measures—excluding an occupation force—to protect civilians in Libya and enforce the arms embargo, imposed a no-fly zone, strengthened the sanctions regime, and established a panel of experts.
• S/RES/1970 (26 February 2011) referred the situation in Libya to the ICC, imposed an arms embargo and targeted sanctions (assets freeze and travel ban).

Security Council Press Statement

• SC/10180 (22 February 2011) condemned the use of force against civilians, called on Libya to meet its responsibility to protect civilians and stressed accountability.

Security Council Meeting Records

• S/PV.6640 (27 October 2011)  was the Council meeting during which resolution 2016 was adopted.
• S/PV.6639 (26 October 2011) was Ian Martin's briefing to the Council.
• S/PV.6622 (26 September 2011) was the latest briefing on Libya.
• S/PV.6620 (16 September 2011) was the Council meeting where resolution 2009 was adopted.
• S/PV.6606 (30 August 2011) briefing held on the situation in Libya.
• S/PV.6595 (28 July 2011) was the most recent monthly briefing on Libya by Pascoe.
• S/PV.6566 (27 June 2011) and S/PV.6541 (31 May 2011) were the most recent monthly briefings on Libya by Pascoe.
• S/PV.6555 (15 June 2011) was the briefing by the AU High-Level Ad-Hoc Committee on Libya.
• S/PV.6531 and resumption 1 (10 May 2011) on protection of civilians where Libya was cited.
• S/PV.6530 (9 May 2011) was a briefing by OCHA head Valerie Amos on Libya.
• S/PV.6528 (4 May 2011) was the ICC prosecutor’s first briefing to the Council on Libya.
• S/PV.6527 (3 May 2011) was a briefing by Special Envoy Abdel-Elah Al-Khatib on Libya.
• S/PV.6515 (14 April 2011) was a briefing by Margaret Wallström, the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, where Libya was cited. 
• S/PV.6509 (4 April 2011) was a briefing by Special Envoy Abdel-Elah Al-Khatib on Libya.
• S/PV.6505 (24 March 2011) was the Secretary-General’s briefing on implementation of a no-fly zone as imposed by resolution 1973.
• S/PV.6498 (17 March 2011) was on the adoption of resolution 1973.
• S/PV.6491 (26 February 2011) was on the adoption of resolution 1970.
• S/PV.6490 (25 February 2011) was the Secretary-General’s briefing on Libya.
• S/PV.6486 (22 February 2011) was an official communiqué listing the 75 member states who participated in the closed meeting on Libya.

• S/2011/166 (21 March 2011) from Belgium
• S/2011/191 (23 March 2011) and S/2011/154 (17 March 2011) from Canada
• S/2011/153 (18 March 2011) from Denmark
• S/2011/288 (16 May 2011) from Egypt
• S/2011/274 (27 April 2011), S/2011/212 (30 March 2011), S/2011/175 (22 March 2011), S/2011/155 (19 March 2011) and S/2011/150 (18 March 2011) from France
• S/2011/270 (26 April 2011), S/2011/216 (1 April 2011), S/2011/185 (24 March 2011) and S/2011/158 (19 March 2011) from Italy
• S/2011/238 (11 April 2011) from Jordan
• S/2011/306 (13 May 2011), S/2011/184 (24 March 2011) from Kuwait
• S/2011/203 (29 March 2011) on NATO activities.
• S/2011/196 (25 March 2011) from the Netherlands 
• S/2011/193 (25 March 2011) and S/2011/167 (21 March 2011) from Norway
• S/2011/321 (6 May 2011), S/2011/195 (25 March 2011) and S/2011/163 (19 March 2011) from Qatar
• S/2011/222 (31 March 2011), S/2011/197 (25 March 2011) and S/2011/168 (21 March 2011) from Spain
• S/2011/262 (21 April 2011) from Sweden
• S/2011/165 (21 March 2011) and S/2011/164 (19 March 2011) from Ukraine
• S/2011/192 (25 March 2011) and S/2011/169 (21 March 2011) from the United Arab Emirates
• S/2011/287 (5 May 2011), S/2011/269 (26 April 2011), S/2011/177 (23 March 2011); S/2011/157 (19 March 2011) and S/2011/149 (18 March 2011) from the UK
• S/2011/156 (19 March 2011) and S/2011/152 (18 March 2011) from the US

• S/AC.52/2011/2 (25 April 2011) from Bulgaria
• S/AC.52/2011/1 (18 April 2011) from Malta

• S/2011/588 (19 September 2011) and S/2011/587 (19 September 2011) was an exchange of letters between the Secretary-General and the Council noting the appointment of Ian Martin as the head of UNSMIL.
• S/2011/578 (15 September 2011) was from the Secretary-General to the Council President forwarding the NTC’s request for the UN’s assistance in Libya.
• S/2011/542 (7 September 2011) was the Secretary-General’s letter to the Council President proposing the establishment of UNSMIL.
• S/2011/455 (22 July 2011) was the AU High-Level Ad-Hoc Committee’s framework for a political solution in Libya endorsed by the AU at the Malabo Summit.
• S/2011/402 (30 June 2011) was from France regarding its airdrop of self-defence weapons under paragraph 4 of resolution 1973.
• S/2011/377 (21 June 2011) appointed the eighth member to the Panel of Experts.
• S/2011/350 (10 June 2011) was the joint communiqué of the UN Security Council and the AU Peace and Security Council issued on 21 May in Addis Ababa.
• S/2011/346 (31 May 2011) was from Qatar regarding oil exports from areas in Libya under the control of the TNC.
• S/2011/319 (18 May 2011) was the terms of reference for the Security Council’s visiting mission to Africa, including a consultative meeting with the AU to discuss Libya and other issues.
• S/2011/313 (16 May 2011) and S/2011/293 (10 May 2011) was the appointment of members to the Panel of Experts of the Libya Sanctions Committee.
• S/2011/307 (16 May 2011) is the AU’s 26 April communiqué on Libya.
• S/2011/246 (14 April 2011) was the statement from the 13 April meeting of the Libya Contact Group in Doha.
• S/2011/204 (29 March 2011) was the London Conference statement which agreed to form a contact group to support a Libyan transition to democracy and increase international pressure on Muammar al-Qaddafi to step down.
• S/2011/179 (24 March 2011) was from the Tripoli regime regarding the exception provisions to the assets freeze under resolution 1970.
• S/2011/178 (24 March 2011) was from the Tripoli regime urging a halt to the military action under resolution 1973.
• S/2011/186 (24 March 2011) was from Syria requesting facilitation required under resolution 1973 to evacuate its nationals from Libya by sea.
• S/2011/172 (22 March 2011) was from Senegal requesting facilitation required under resolution 1973 to evacuate its nationals from Libya by air.
• S/2011/161 (19 March 2011) was from the Libyan regime in Tripoli claiming enforcement actions under resolutions 1970 and 1973 violated international norms and requesting a meeting of the Council.
• S/2011/160 (19 March 2011) was a letter from the Libyan regime in Tripoli that Libya would comply with the ceasefire called for in resolution 1973.
• S/2011/159 (19 March 2011) was from Lebanon regarding the attack on the Lebanese embassy in Tripoli.
• S/2011/151 (18 March 2011) was a letter from the AU regarding the intention of its Ad-Hoc High-Level Committee on Libya to travel to Tripoli and Benghazi in March.
• S/2011/137 (14 March 2011) was the 12 March Arab League statement on Libya noted the Tripoli regime’s use of military aircraft, mortars and heavy weaponry against civilians and called on the Security Council to impose a no-fly zone. 
• S/2011/133 (14 March 2011) was the 11 March EU declaration on Libya that member states would explore all necessary options to protect civilians. It called on Qaddafi to relinquish power and recognised the Benghazi Interim Council as a political interlocutor.
• S/2011/126 (10 March 2011) and S/2011/127 (11 March 2011) was an exchange of letters between the Secretary-General and the Council president on the appointment of Abdel-Elah Al-Khatib as the Secretary-General’s special envoy on the Libyan crisis.
• S/2011/103 (28 February 2011) transmitted the 24 February joint EU-Russia statement on the situation in North Africa and the Middle East.
• S/2011/102 (21 February 2011) was the request by the Libyan charge d’affaires for an urgent meeting of the Security Council.

• S/2011/141 (16 March 2011) noted the new agenda item “the situation in Libya.”
• S/2011/2/Add.1 (9 March 2011) noted the election of Ambassador Cabral of Portugal as chair of the Libya Sanctions Committee.

General Assembly

• A/RES/65/265 (1 March 2011) was a resolution suspending Libya from the Human Rights Council as requested by the Geneva-based body on 25 February—the first time a sitting member was removed.
• GA/11050 (1 March 2011) was a press release on the suspension of Libya from the Human Rights Council.

Human Rights Council

• A/HRC/17/44 (1 June 2011) was the report of the Commission of Inquiry authorised in resolution A/HRC/S-15/2.
• A/HRC/S-15/2 (25 February 2011) condemned the systematic human rights violations in Libya, decided to dispatch a commission of inquiry and asked the General Assembly to suspend Libya from the Human Rights Council.