DATE=8/25/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-237662
TITLE=U-N / LIBYA / LOCKERBIE (L)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN PROPOSED A SECURITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION AT THE UNITED NATIONS TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT COULD LEAD 
TO THE SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST LIBYA.  BUT LIBYA MUST 
FIRST MEET TWO REQUIREMENTS, AS WE HEAR FROM OUR UNITED NATIONS 
CORRESPONDENT MAX RUSTON.

TEXT:  THE FIRST REQUIREMENT IS THAT LIBYA MUST HAND OVER TO THE 
NETHERLANDS TWO MEN ACCUSED OF BOMBING A PAN AMERICAN AIRLINER 
OVER LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND, IN 1988.  TWO-HUNDRED-70 PEOPLE DIED IN
THE BOMBING.

THE SECOND REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT SATISFY 
FRENCH JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES WITH REGARD TO THE BOMBING OF A 
FRENCH U-T-A AIRLINER OVER AFRICA.

U-S DEPUTY AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS PETER BURLEIGH 
(BUR-LEE):

                      /// BURLEIGH ACT ///

         THE PROPOSAL THAT THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS 
         ARE MAKING IS DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH PROPOSALS THAT HAVE 
         BEEN MADE BY THE ARAB LEAGUE, THE ORGANIZATION OF 
         AFRICAN UNITY, THE NONALIGNED MOVEMENT AND SPECIFICALLY 
         THE GOVERNMENT OF LIBYA.  AND IF YOU WILL REFER TO A 
         LETTER OF JANUARY TWO, 1998, FROM THE FOREIGN MINISTER 
         OF LIBYA TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL ... I 
         CANNOT QUOTE IT EXACTLY ...BUT HE SAYS WE WILL AGREE TO 
         A TRIAL UNDER SCOTTISH LAW, WITH SCOTTISH JUDGES, IN A 
         THIRD COUNTRY.

                         /// END ACT ///

THE PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD BY BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES SAYS 
THE TWO ALLEGED TERRORISTS SHOULD BE TRIED IN THE NETHERLANDS BY 
SCOTTISH JUDGES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCOTTISH LAW.

THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON LIBYA IN
1992 WHEN LIBYA REFUSED TO TURN OVER THE SUSPECTS IN THE 
LOCKERBIE BOMBING.  OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, LIBYA HAS BEEN 
STEPPING UP CALLS FOR THE SANCTIONS TO BE LIFTED.  SOME 
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES HAVE SAID THEY WILL SOON STOP ABIDING BY 
THE SANCTIONS.

LIBYA SAYS IT WILL RESPOND TO THE U-S AND BRITISH PROPOSAL ON 
WEDNESDAY.  U-S OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL CONSIDER EXPANDING THE 
SANCTIONS AGAINST LIBYA IF IT DOES NOT AGREE TO THE PROPOSAL.  
(SIGNED)

NEB/UN/MPR/LSF/PT

25-Aug-98 4:57 PM EDT (2057 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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