Security Council arms and air embargo stays in place.Following consultations, Security Council members on 5 August decided to continue to review the air and arms embargo An arms embargo is an embargo that applies to weaponry. It may also include "dual use" items. An arms embargo may serve one or more purposes:
The Council President issued a statement on behalf of members in which he said that after hearing all opinions expressed during consultations, the Council had "concluded that there was no agreement that the necessary conditions existed" for modification of the embargo. The embargo was imposed after France, the United Kingdom and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. complained that Libya had failed to respond effectively to requests for full cooperation in establishing responsibility for the bombings. In a 26 July letter (S/1994/900) to the Secretary-General, Libya said it had spared no effort to resolve its dispute with the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Convinced of the importance of cooperating with the UN in the maintenance of international peace and security, Libya stated it had declared its total renunciation The Abandonment of a right; repudiation; rejection. The renunciation of a right, power, or privilege involves a total divestment thereof; the right, power, or privilege cannot be transferred to anyone else. of terrorism in all its forms and its condemnation of all acts of terrorism. Libya said it was ready to try in its country two Libyan nationals accused of the bombings, in keeping with the Montreal Convention
The Montreal Convention, formally the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air[1] , which stipulated that the Contracting State in the territory of which the alleged offender was found should, if it did not extradite ex·tra·dite v. ex·tra·dit·ed, ex·tra·dit·ing, ex·tra·dites v.tr. 1. To give up or deliver (a fugitive, for example) to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority. 2. him, bring him to trial without delay. Libya would also accept an alternative proposal that the trial be held at the seat of the International Court of Justice at The Hague or at any UN premises on the European continent, with no opposition to the trial being conducted by a Scottish court Scottish court may refer to:
The Council of the League of Arab States League of Arab States: see Arab League. , in a 15 September resolution, called on the three Western States to respond to its previous resolution aimed at achieving a peaceful settlement of the crisis and avoiding escalation of the situation. The Organization of African Unity Organization of African Unity (OAU), former international organization, established 1963 at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by 37 independent African nations to promote unity and development; defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of members; eradicate all forms of and the Conference of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic States urged the Security Council to reconsider its resolutions 731 (1992), 748 1992) and 883 (1993), and lift the embargo imposed on Libya. In a 12 August letter to the Secretary-General (S/1994/968), Mohamed A. Azawi of Libya said the United States' persistence in retaining and training 200 Libyan prisoners it had transported on 8 December 1990 from N'Djamena, Chad could only be interpreted as part of a scheme for launching hostile acts. Libya wanted resumption of contacts with the United States Government, a halt to those acts, and the release of the prisoners. |
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