So we believe that the resolution itself was very clear, that this was going to include actions that went beyond the enforcement of the no-fly zone to include actions to protect the Libyan people.
Nato pilots are enforcing a UN resolution to establish a no-fly zone and to protect civilians in Libya.
Obama ordered the airstrikes with NATO allies after Libya failed to abide by a cease fire agreement it made with the United Nations Security Council early last Friday following the Thursday, March 17 decision to put a no-fly zone in place over Libya to quell government air strikes against anti-government demonstrators.
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The senior administration official is correct, but the -- what has already happened and is occurring now is the transfer of command and control over the no-fly zone to NATO.
And people who covered that story say that after the arms embargo was instituted it took about a year for a no-fly zone to be instituted, another three years to get everybody to the peace table in Dayton, and that basically this was sort of a model of inaction, not action, by the international community.
The US has decided to support a no-fly zone after initial reluctance to give its backing to the plans.
At the end of the debate, MPs voted to back the use of UK armed forces to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya by 557 to 13, a majority of 544.
Since the no-fly zone began to be enforced both the group's secretary-general, Amr Moussa, and individual members such as Algeria have voiced concern that the operation may be exceeding its mandate to protect Libyan civilians.
The allied intervention in northern Iraq in 1991 to save the Kurds, and the imposition of a no-fly zone in southern Iraq to save the Shia Muslims there, were undertaken without explicit authorisation by a Security Council resolution, but were also widely accepted as legitimate.
The RAF has agreed to enforce a temporary no-fly zone over the Farne Islands, off Northumberland, to protect a colony of breeding seabirds.
Not only did they win the authorisation to enforce a "no fly-zone", but also, and crucially, the power to protect civilians.
But the no-fly zone still applied to most of Britain, and a new cloud of volcanic ash was reported to be on its way.
As MPs debated the recent events in North Africa and the Middle East on 17 March 2011, Mr Stewart said the UK government's current position - to push strongly for a no-fly zone but only with strong international backing - was the right one.
As for federal steps, the Federal Aviation Administration says some flight restrictions are going into effect today, including renewed flight restrictions over sporting events, and some classes of small airplanes that had gotten waivers to fly in the 15-mile restricted zone around Washington will no longer be able to do so.
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It is useless to discuss or to consider a no-fly zone unless you are thinking beyond it, unless you are already then starting to plan.
Had the U.S. chosen to carry out airstrikes to enforce a no-fly zone or safe havens, Syria's crisis would likely be no closer to resolution but America would be deeply embroiled.
And today -- to answer the second part of your question -- today, as I speak, the authority -- command and control authority for the enforcement of the no-fly zone is being shifted to NATO.
And I mean that broadly, not just in relation to a no-fly zone, because we are actively considering that.
So, again, I just want to stress that the military options that we talk about are not limited to a no-fly zone, but include a no-fly zone as an option.
Robert Menendez, the Democratic Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said options included "an internationally recognised no-fly zone, providing lethal assistance to vetted opposition forces, and sanctioning the transfer of arms to the regime".
Under what construct could six days, in terms of transfer from the U.S. lead to NATO command and control for the no-fly zone be a prolonged period of time, and two more days, or several more days, to resolve the underlying issues of an agreement that has already been reached on civilian protection, the civilian protection aspect?
Security Council to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya, whose membership it had suspended.
On the no-fly zone, the big push seems to be coming from Britain and France.
Would it be accurate to say that no-fly zone is at the top of the list?
Again, the questions around timeline and the enduring nature of our responsibility to enforce a no-fly zone would be far more ambiguous.
The RAF is also continuing to enforce the no-fly zone over Libya.
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley had requested that the federal government institute a no-fly zone of at least five miles to protect the Sears Tower, the nation's tallest building.
Similarly, you already see an increase in the extent to which the no-fly zone, the enforcement of the no-fly zone piece of the effort in Libya right now is being undertaken by allies and partners.
So, despite the improvement in the Japan situation on Friday and the declaration of a no-fly zone over Libya, traders decided to avoid the potential headline risk and went back to risk-off mode into the close.
What was the case in Libya is that all those conditions were in place that created an opportunity where international, outside military action to prevent the slaughter of civilians, to enforce a no-fly zone, was an option that the international community could take.
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