Security Council resolution 883 (1993) [on sanctions against the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in connection with Libyan non-compliance with Security Council resolutions 731 (1992) and 748 (1992)]
Symbol: S/RES/883(1993)
Date: 1993-11-11
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/48 [14] ATTACKS ON AIRCRAFT
Subjects: UN. Security Council Committee Established pursuant to Resolution 748 (1992) concerning the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|Pan American World Airways, inc.|Union des transports aériens|Libyan Arab Airlines|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|CONSULAR RELATIONS|SANCTIONS|FROZEN ASSETS|OIL EMBARGO|AIR TRANSPORT|AIRLINES|AIRPORTS|DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS|EXTERNAL DEBT|LIBYA|AIRCRAFT|FRANCE|UNITED STATES|COURTS|UNITED KINGDOM|UNITED STATES|INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS|ATTACKS ON AIRCRAFT|CLAIMS|GUIDELINES|INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS
Votes in favour: 11
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 4
Voting record:
country: BRAZIL
vote: yes
country: CAPE VERDE
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: abstention
country: DJIBOUTI
vote: abstention
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: HUNGARY
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: MOROCCO
vote: abstention
country: NEW ZEALAND
vote: yes
country: PAKISTAN
vote: abstention
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SPAIN
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VENEZUELA
vote: yes

Resolution 883 (1993)
11 November 1993

The Security Council,

Reaffirming its resolutions 731 (1992) of 21 January 1992 and 748
(1992) of 31 March 1992,

Deeply concerned that after more than twenty months the Libyan
Government has not fully complied with these resolutions,

Determined to eliminate international terrorism,

Convinced that those responsible for acts of international terrorism
must be brought to justice,

Convinced also that the suppression of acts of international
terrorism, including those in which States are directly or indirectly
involved, is essential for the maintenance of international peace and
security,

Determining, in this context, that the continued failure by the Libyan
Government to demonstrate by concrete actions its renunciation of
terrorism, and in particular its continued failure to respond fully and
effectively to the requests and decisions in resolutions 731 (1992) and
748 (1992), constitute a threat to international peace and security,

Taking note of the letters to the Secretary-General dated 29 September and 1 October 1993 from the Secretary of the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation of Libya 7 and his speech in the general debate at the forty-eighth session of the.
General Assembly 8 in which Libya stated its intention to encourage
those charged with the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 to appear for trial
in Scotland and its willingness to cooperate with the competent French
authorities in the case of the bombing of Union de Transports Aériens
flight 772,

Expressing its gratitude to the Secretary-General for the efforts he
has made pursuant to paragraph 4 of resolution 731 (1992),

Recalling the right of States, under Article 50 of the Charter of the
United Nations, to consult the Council where they find themselves
confronted with special economic problems arising from the carrying
out of preventive or enforcement measures,

Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter,

1. Demands once again that the Libyan Government comply without
any further delay with resolutions 731 (1992) and 748 (1992),

2. Decides, in order to secure compliance by the Libyan Government
with the decisions of the Council, to take the following measures,
which shall come into force at 0001 hours eastern standard time on 1
December 1993 unless the Secretary-General has reported to the Council in the terms set out in paragraph 16
below;

3. Decides also that all States in which there are funds or other
financial resources (including funds derived or generated from
property) owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by:

(a) The Government or public authorities of Libya; or

(6) Any Libyan undertaking;

shall freeze such funds and financial resources and ensure that neither
they nor any other funds and financial resources are made available, by
their nationals or by any persons within their territory, directly or
indirectly, to or for the
benefit of the Government or public authorities of Libya or any Libyan
undertaking, which for the purposes of this paragraph, means any
commercial, industrial or public utility undertaking which is owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by:

(i) The Government or public authorities of Libya,

(ii) Any entity, wherever located or organized, owned or controlled by the Government or public authorities of Libya, or

(iii) Any person identified by States as acting on behalf of the Government or public authorities of Libya or by any entity, wherever located or organized, owned or controlled by the Government or public authorities of Libya for the purposes of the present resolution,

4. Further decides that the measures imposed by paragraph 3 above
do not apply to funds or other financial resources derived from the sale
or supply of any petroleum or petroleum products, including natural gas
and natural gas products, or agricultural products or commodities,
originating in Libya and
exported therefrom after the time specified in paragraph 2 above,
provided that any such funds are paid into separate bank accounts
exclusively for these funds;

5. Decides that all States shall prohibit any provision to Libya by
their nationals or from their territory of the items listed in the annex to
this resolution, as well as the provision of any types of equipment,
supplies and grants of licensing arrangements for the manufacture or
maintenance of such items;

6. Also decides that, in order to make fully effective the provisions
of resolution 748 (1992), all States shall:

(a) Require the immediate and complete closure of all Libyan
Arab Airlines offices within their territories;

(b) Prohibit any commercial transactions with Libyan Arab
Airlines by their nationals or from their territory, including the
honouring or endorsement of any tickets or other documents issued by
that airline;

(c) Prohibit, by their nationals or from their territory, the entering
into or renewal of arrangements for:

(i) The making available, for operation within Libya, of any
aircraft or aircraft components, or

(ii) The provision of engineering or maintenance servicing of
any aircraft or aircraft components within Libya;

(d) Prohibit, by their nationals or from their territory, the supply
of any materials destined for the construction, improvement or
maintenance of Libyan civilian or military airfields and associated
facilities and equipment, or of any engineering or other services or
components destined for the maintenance of any Libyan civil or military
airfields or associated facilities and equipment, except emergency
equipment and equipment and services directly related to civilian air
traffic control,

(e) Prohibit, by their nationals or from their territory, any
provision of advice, assistance, or training to Libyan pilots, flight
engineers, or aircraft and ground maintenance personnel associated
with the operation of aircraft and airfields within Libya;

(f) Prohibit, by their nationals or from their territory, any renewal of any direct insurance for Libyan aircraft;

7. Confirms that the decision taken in resolution 748 (1992) that all
States shall significantly reduce the level of the staff at Libyan diplomatic missions and consular posts includes all missions and posts
established since that decision or after the coming into force of the
present resolution;

8. Decides that the Governments of all States, and the Government
of Libya, shall take the necessary measures to ensure that no claim shall
lie at the instance of the Government or public authorities of Libya, or
of any Libyan national, or of any Libyan undertaking as defined in
paragraph 3 above, or of any person claiming through or for the benefit
of any such person or undertaking, in connection with any contract or
other transaction or commercial operation where its performance was
affected by reason of the measures imposed by or pursuant to the
present resolution or related resolutions;

9. Instructs the Committee of the Security Council established by
resolution 748 (1992) to draw up expeditiously guidelines for the
implementation of paragraphs 3 to 7 above, and to amend and
supplement, as appropriate, the guidelines for the implementation of
resolution 748 (1992), especially its paragraph 5 (a);
10. Entrusts the Committee of the Security Council established
by resolution 748 (1992) with the task of examining possible requests
for assistance under the provisions of Article 50 of the Charter of the
United Nations and making recommendations to the President of the
Council for appropriate action;

11. Affirms that nothing in the present resolution affects Libya's
duty scrupulously to adhere to all of its obligations concerning servicing
and repayment of its foreign debt;

12. Calls upon all States, including States not members of the
United Nations, and all international organizations, to act strictly in
accordance with the provisions of the present resolution, notwithstanding the existence of any rights or obligations conferred or imposed by
any international agreement or any contract entered into or any licence
or permit granted prior to the effective time of the present resolution;

13. Requests all States to report to the Secretary-General by 15
January 1994 on the measures they have instituted for meeting the
obligations set out in paragraphs 3 to 7 above;

14. Invites the Secretary-General to continue his role as set out
in paragraph 4 of resolution 731 (1992);

15. Calls again upon all Member States individually and
collectively to encourage the Libyan Government to respond fully and
effectively to the requests and decisions in resolutions 731 (1992) and
748 (1992);

16. Expresses its readiness to review the measures set forth
above and in resolution 748 (1992) with a view to suspending them
immediately if the Secretary-General reports to the Council that the
Libyan Government has ensured the appearance of those charged with
the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 for trial before the appropriate
United Kingdom or United States court and has satisfied the French
judicial authorities with respect to the bombing of Union de Transports
Aériens flight 772, and with a view to lifting them immediately when
Libya complies fully with the requests and decisions in resolutions 731
(1992) and 748 (1992), and requests the Secretary-General, within
ninety days of such suspension, to report to the Security Council on
Libya's compliance with the remaining provisions of its resolutions 731
(1992) and 748 (1992) and, in the case of non-compliance, expresses
its resolve to terminate immediately the suspension of these measures,

17. Decides to remain seized of the matter.


Annex
List of items referred to in paragraph § of the present resolution:

I. Pumps of medium or large capacity whose capacity is equal to or
larger than 350 cubic metres per hour and drivers (gas turbines
and electric motors) designed for use in the transportation of crude
oil and natural gas.

II. Equipment designed for use in crude oil export terminals:

- Loading buoys or single point moorings (spm),
- Flexible hoses for connection between underwater manifolds
(plem) and single point mooring and floating loading hoses of

large sizes (from 12 to 16 inches),

- Anchor chains.

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Equipment not specially designed for use in crude oil export
terminals but which because of their large capacity can be used for
this purpose:

- Loading pumps of large capacity (4,000 cubic metres per hour)
and small head (10 bars);

- Boosting pumps within the same range of flow rates;

- In-line pipeline inspection tools and cleaning devices (i.e. pigging
tools) (16 inches and above),

- Metering equipment of large capacity (1,000 cubic metres per
hour and above).

. Refinery equipment:

- Boilers meeting American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1
standards,

- Furnaces meeting American Society of Mechanical Engineers 8
standards;

- Fractionation columns meeting American Society of Mechanical
Engineers 8 standards,

- Pumps meeting American Petroleum Institute 610 standards,

- Catalytic reactors meeting American Society of Mechanical
Engineers 8 standards.

- Prepared catalysts, including the following:
Catalysts containing platinum and those containing molybdenum.

Spare parts destined for the items in I to TV above.

Adopted at the 3312th meeting by 11 votes to none
with 4 abstentions (China, Djibouti, Morocco and
Pakistan).