DATE=7/2/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-234914
TITLE=U-N / LIBYA SANCTIONS (L - ONLY)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY) MAINTAINED
SANCTIONS ON LIBYA, IMPOSED IN CONNECTION WITH THE 1988 BOMBING
OF A PAN AM AIRLINER OVER SCOTLAND. V-O-A'S UNITED NATIONS
CORRESPONDENT MAX RUSTON HAS THE STORY.
TEXT: THE CONTINUATION OF SANCTIONS COMES AMID SIGNS THAT THEY
MAY SOON LOSE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS. THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL'S
DECISION FOLLOWS AN ANNOUNCEMENT LAST MONTH FROM THE ORGANIZATION
OF AFRICAN UNITY, THE O-A-U, THAT ITS MEMBERS MAY STOP COMPLYING
WITH THE SANCTIONS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.
SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT SERGEI LAVROV OF RUSSIA SAID NO
AGREEMENT WAS REACHED ON LIFTING THE SANCTIONS. HE DID NOT
PROVIDE DETAILS OF THE COUNCIL'S PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS.
/// LAVROV ACT ///
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL COULD NOT AGREE THAT NECESSARY
CONDITIONS EXIST TO CHANGE THE SANCTIONS REGIME.
/// END ACT ///
THE SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE SANCTIONS AS PART OF A ROUTINE
120 DAY REVIEW. SANCTIONS WERE IMPOSED IN 1992 TO PROTEST
LIBYA'S FAILURE TO EXTRADITE TWO MEN ACCUSED OF BOMBING A PAN AM
AIRLINER OVER SCOTLAND IN 1988. TWO-HUNDRED-SEVENTY PEOPLE WERE
KILLED IN THE EXPLOSION.
LIBYA HAS OFFERED TO SEND THE SUSPECTS FOR TRIAL IN A THIRD
COUNTRY THAT IT CONSIDERS NEUTRAL. THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN
SAY THE SUSPECTS MUST BE TRIED IN THEIR COURTS, NOT IN A PLACE OF
LIBYA'S CHOOSING.
DESPITE THE CONTINUATION OF SANCTIONS, LIBYAN DIPLOMATS SAID THE
SITUATION IS IMPROVING, BASED ON THE O-A-U DECISION TO STOP
COMPLYING WITH THE SECURITY COUNCIL REQUIREMENTS.
IN AN APPARENT REFERENCE TO THE O-A-U MOVE, U-S DIPLOMATS SAID
SOME REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE BEING EXTREMELY UNHELPFUL AND
SHOULD NOT TRY TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH SECURITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTIONS TO OBSERVE. (SIGNED)
NEB/UN/MPR/LSF/JO
02-Jul-98 2:21 PM EDT (1821 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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