Duncan Hames
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Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD)
Regional support has now been given, and the need is demonstrated. Five years ago, Heads of State at the UN General Assembly agreed that they
“are prepared to take collective action, in a timely and decisive manner, through the Security Council…should…national authorities manifestly fail to protect their populations.”
Is it not time that the Security Council acted collectively to protect the people of Libya?
The Prime Minister
The hon. Gentleman puts his point very strongly. We hope that the Security Council takes such action. There is now a discussion in the Security Council, and clearly, we must make the arguments as best we can. We can make points about the conditions that must be fulfilled before a no-fly zone comes into operation, but we should put forward other proposals, such as sanctions, asset bans and all the rest of it, that can add to pressure on the regime. We should not see one thing as a silver bullet, because there is no silver bullet—it is about ramping up the pressure.