1951 in international relations

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 104. Chapters: 1951 United Nations Security Council resolutions, 1951 in the European Economic Community, Conflicts in 1951, States and territories disestablished in 1951, States and territories established in 1951, Libya, Baden-Württemberg, Tibet Autonomous Region, Mutual Security Act, Battle of Kapyong, List of sovereign states in the 1950s, First Battle of Maryang San, Third Battle of Seoul, Operation Courageous, Battle of the Imjin River, First and Second Battles of Wonju, List of state leaders in 1951, Kingdom of Libya, Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China, Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Central and Southern China, Battle of Chipyong-ni, Battle of Heartbreak Ridge, Rusk documents, Chaco Province, Battle of Hoa Binh, Battle of Maehwa-San, Battle of Vinh Yen, 1951 Polish-Soviet territorial exchange, Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Western Hunan, Naval Battle of the Han River, Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Shiwandashan, Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Liuwandashan, Operation Ripper, Battle of Bloody Ridge, Battle of Mao Khe, Battle of Uijeongbu, Operation Killer, Silent Coup, Manhattan Rebellion, Battle of Chuam-ni, Battle of Yultong, Battle of the Twin Tunnels, Battle of the Day River, Operation Tomahawk, Treaty of Paris, Battle of Sunchon, United Nations Security Council Resolution 91, Operation Commando, Emirate of Cyrenaica, Defiance Campaign, United Nations Security Council Resolution 93, United Nations Security Council Resolution 96, United Nations Security Council Resolution 95, United Nations Security Council Resolution 92, United Nations Security Council Resolution 94, United Nations Security Council Resolution 90, List of colonial governors in 1951, Operation Roundup. Excerpt: Libya (Arabic: ¿ ) is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya faces Egypt to the east, Sudan to the south east, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. As a result of the 2011 Libyan civil war, there are currently two entities claiming to be the official government of Libya. The Tripoli-based government of Muammar Gaddafi refers to the Libyan state as the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. It controls most of the western half of the country. The Benghazi-based Transitional National Council refers to the Libyan state as the Libyan Republic. It is led by Mustafa Abdul Jalil and controls most of the eastern half of the country. With an area of almost 1,800,000 square kilometres (700,000 sq mi), Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa by area, and the 17th largest in the world. The capital, Tripoli, is home to 1.7 million of Libya's 6.4 million people. The three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica. Libya has the highest HDI in Africa and the fourth highest GDP (PPP) per capita in Africa as of 2009, behind Seychelles, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. These are largely due to its large petroleum reserves and low population. Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world and the 17th-highest petroleum production. The name Libya (; Arabic: ¿ IPA: ·); Libyan Arabic: Libya IPA: ·), Egyptian: , Punic: ¿ lby, Ancient Greek: Libúe, Latin: ) originally derives from the Libu tribesmen (Ancient Greek: Líbues, Latin: ). The land of the Libu was (Libúe) and (Libúa) in the Attic and Doric dialects respectively, entering Latin as Libya. In Classical Greece the term had a bro...