DATE=8/28/98
TYPE= REPORT
NUMBER=2-237798
TITLE=U-N / LIBYA RESOLUTION APPROVED (S/L)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS IT WILL LIFT SANCTIONS 
AGAINST LIBYA, IF LIBYA COOPERATES IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE 
TERRORIST BOMBINGS OF TWO AIRLINERS.  V-O-A'S MAX RUSTON REPORTS 
FROM THE UNITED NATIONS.

TEXT:  THE RESOLUTION PRESENTS LIBYA WITH TWO REQUIREMENTS THAT 
MUST BE MET BEFORE SANCTIONS, IMPOSED IN 1992, CAN BE LIFTED.  
LIBYA MUST HAND OVER TO THE NETHERLANDS TWO MEN TO BE TRIED FOR 
THE BOMBING OF A PAN AMERICAN AIRLINER OVER LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND, 
IN 1988.  LIBYA MUST ALSO SATISFY FRENCH AUTHORITIES CONCERNING 
THE BOMBING OF A FRENCH U-T-A AIRLINER OVER NIGER IN 1989.

THE 15 MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY IN FAVOR
OF THE RESOLUTION.

LIBYAN LEADER MUAMMAR GADDAFI HAS INDICATED HE IS WILLING TO HAND
THE ALLEGED TERRORISTS OVER TO THE NETHERLANDS BUT HAS NOT STATED
CLEARLY IF HE WILL MEET THE FULL TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION.

U-S AND BRITISH DIPLOMATS AT THE UNITED NATIONS SAY THE 
RESOLUTION IS BASED ON PROPOSALS MADE BY LIBYA, WHICH HAS SAID IT
WILL ONLY HAVE THE TWO ALLEGED TERRORISTS TRIED IN A NEUTRAL 
COUNTRY. 

            // REST OPTIONAL //

 THE SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS CALLS FOR THE TWO LIBYAN MEN TO
BE TRIED UNDER SCOTTISH LAW IN THE NETHERLANDS.

THURSDAY, MR. GADDAFI -- IN AN INTERVIEW WITH C-N-N TELEVISION --
SAID HE IS SUSPICIOUS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S PROPOSAL.  HE 
SAID HE IS WORRIED IT CONTAINS HIDDEN CONDITIONS THAT WILL MAKE 
IT TOO DIFFICULT TO FULFILL. AFTER THE SECURITY COUNCIL VOTE, U-S
OFFICIALS ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT LIBYA MIGHT NOT KEEP TO ITS
AGREEMENTS.  THEY SAID LIBYA SHOULD STOP MAKING CONDITIONAL AND 
EQUIVOCAL STATEMENTS AND SIMPLY DELIVER THE TWO ALLEGED 
TERRORISTS TO THE NETHERLANDS.

THE RESOLUTION ASKS THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO 
ASSIST LIBYA IN TRANSFERRING THE TWO MEN TO THE NETHERLANDS.  IT 
SAYS HE SHOULD ALSO NOMINATE INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS TO ATTEND 
THEIR TRIAL.

THE RESOLUTION WARNS THAT NEW PUNITIVE MEASURES COULD BE IMPOSED 
ON LIBYA IF IT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION. 
(SIGNED)

NEB / UN / MPR / CB/ WD

28-Aug-98 12:51 AM EDT (0451 UTC)
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