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DATE=1/7/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-243922
TITLE=U-N / LIBYA (L - ONLY)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS IT WILL ALLOW 
SENIOR SAUDI ARABIAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN OFFICIALS TO TRAVEL TO 
LIBYA LATER THIS MONTH, AS AN EXCEPTION TO SANCTIONS AGAINST THAT
COUNTRY.  THE OFFICIALS WILL TRY TO RESOLVE THE IMPASSE WITH 
LIBYA OVER THE 1988 LOCKERBIE BOMBING, AS WE HEAR FROM OUR U-N 
CORRESPONDENT MAX RUSTON.
TEXT:  THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S COMMITTEE ON SANCTIONS CONCERNING 
LIBYA AUTHORIZED THE SOUTH AFRICAN AND SAUDI ARABIAN OFFICIALS TO
MAKE A TWO DAY VISIT TO LIBYA.  THE HEAD OF THE SANCTIONS 
COMMITTEE, SLOVENIAN AMBASSADOR DANILO TURK, SAYS THEY WILL BE 
PERMITTED TO TRAVEL FROM LONDON TO LIBYA ON JANUARY 12 AND TO 
LEAVE LIBYA THE FOLLOWING DAY.
LIBYAN OFFICIALS SAY THE VISITORS WILL TRAVEL TO THE CAPITAL, 
TRIPOLI.  THEY DECLINED TO COMMENT FURTHER ON THE COUNCIL'S 
DECISION.
THE VISIT FOLLOWS TALKS ON LIBYA BETWEEN BRITISH PRIME MINISTER 
TONY BLAIR AND SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA.  AFTER THE
TALKS, MR. MANDELA SAID THEY MADE GOOD PROGRESS AND HE  THINKS 
THEY ARE ON THE WAY TO RESOLVING ALL THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES 
CONCERNING LIBYA.
THE TALKS FOCUSSED ON EFFORTS BY BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES TO
SECURE THE EXTRADITION OF TWO LIBYAN MEN ACCUSED OF BOMBING A PAN
AMERICAN AIRLINER OVER LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND, IN 1988.  270 PEOPLE 
DIED IN THE DISASTER.
THE SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS IT WILL LIFT SANCTIONS AGAINST LIBYA IF
LIBYA HANDS THE TWO MEN OVER FOR TRIAL IN A SCOTTISH COURT IN THE
NETHERLANDS.  LIBYA FIRST PROPOSED THAT SOLUTION AND HAS AGREED 
IN PRINCIPLE TO THE COUNCIL'S SUGGESTION.  BUT IT SAYS SEVERAL 
ISSUES STILL NEED TO BE RESOLVED.
THE MOST DIFFICULT ISSUE CONCERNS WHERE THE TWO MEN WILL SERVE 
THEIR SENTENCES, IF FOUND GUILTY.  BRITAIN SAYS THEY MUST DO SO 
IN SCOTLAND.  LIBYA HAS BEEN RELUCTANT TO AGREE TO THAT 
CONDITION.  (SIGNED)
NEB/UN/MPR/PT
07-Jan-99 6:46 PM EST (2346 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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