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(ANSA) Rome, April 22 - Italy does not exclude imposing a
naval blockade on Libya, according to a motion passed by
coalition parties of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's government in
the upper house of parliament Wednesday.
The motion, originally tabled in a watered-down version by
the opposition conservative Forza Italia party, binds the
government to urge the UN Security Council to "evaluate the
opportunity to issue resolutions that allow the international
community to apply measures in accord with what was established
by articles 41 and 42 of the United Nations charter".
Articles 41 and 42 speak explicitly of economic and naval
blockades.
A government coalition version of the motion cancelled part
of the original text that explicitly forbade a naval blockade,
parliamentary sources said.
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