Ta mjera odobrena je tokom sastanka Vijeća Unije za saobraćaj, telekomunikacije i energetiku u ponedjeljak u Briselu, u sklopu rastućeg međunarodnog pritiska na pukovnika Muammara Gaddafija da siđe s funkcije i zaustavi krvoproliće u zemlji.
The measure was endorsed during a meeting of the Union's Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council in Brussels on Monday as part of mounting international pressure on Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to quit and to stop the bloodshed in the country.