Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaaetia e te United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 he kaha ki te whakatū i tētahi rohe kore-rere. I te 19 o Poutu-te-rangi, ka tīmata ngā ope rererangi o Ingarangi, o Wīwī, o U.S. ki te whakaeke i ngā ūnga i Libya e whakahaerehia ana e Kaddafi, nā reira ka tīmata te pakanga ki te whakaeke i a ia.
Te whakauru hōia a te UN. Ko nga mahi i arahina e te NATO i raro i te Operation Unified Protector, i muri i te mea i arahina e te UK, US me te French. Ko nga whenua ehara i te NATO penei i a Jordan, Qatar, Sweden, me te United Arab Emirates i awhina ano hoki ki te miihana hoia.