Publication

13 Apr 2011

This brief discusses India's abstention in the UN Security Council Resolution 1973 to take action against Gaddafi's regime. To do this, the author first looks at the Libyan crisis and the stand of the UNSC members and then elaborates on the reasons for India's abstention arguing that the abstention cannot be viewed as opposition to the resolution.

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Author Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastav
Series IDSA Issue Briefs
Publisher Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
Copyright © 2011 Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
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