From: wsargeant@IGC.ORG (Winslow L. Sargeant)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: IPS:LIbya, non-aligned states try to st'
Date: 17 Apr 92 16:02:30 GMT

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Area: Third World Dvpmnt
Reference: United Nations
Title: LIBYA: NON-ALIGNED STATES TRY TO STOP U.N. SANCTIONS/RELATE/


att editors: please relate to ''libya: world court rejects appeal
to restrain u.n. sanctions''

new york, apr 14 (ips) -- the members of the non-aligned momement
which currently have seats on the u.n. security council tuesday
called for a delay in the application of sanctions against libya,
in a last-minute diplomatic attempt to avoid an international
crisis.

the request came just several hours before security council
resolution 748 -- which would impose severe sanctions against
libya -- goes into effect.

resolution 748 was adopted mar. 31 by a slender majority in the
security council in response to western demands that tripoli
surrender two libyan nationals accused of blowing up a pan
american a pan am jet over scotland in 1988, killing 270 people.

the proposed sanctions include a boycott of all air traffic to
libya, restrictions on libyan diplomats abroad, and an arms
embargo.

a diplomatic source who preferred to remain unidentified told
ips, ''the consensus is that if the arab league can convince libya
to hand over the two suspects to the government of malta, without
conditions, the sanctions can be avoided.''

last monday, the arab league met in rabat, and proposed to u.n.
secretary-general boutros boutros-ghali the idea of turning the
suspects over, on behalf of libya, to security forces in malta.

malta has made it clear that it will only accept this proposal
if the united states, britain and france -- the sponsors of
resolution 748 -- agree to its terms.

the diplomatic source said that the proposal by the non-aligned
movement (nam) was unlikely to meet with a consensus among the
supporters of resolution 748 at tuesday afternoon's security
council meeting.

''it would entail passing a new resolution, and the united
states, britain and france don't seem to show much interest,'' the
source said.

further, he said he was concerned over the lack of intervention
by boutros-ghali in the libyan conflict, despite the fact that all
of the correspondence by the arab league and tripoli had been
directed to him personally. (more/ips)

libya: non-aligned states try to stop u.n. sanctions/relate/(2-e)

libya: non-aligned (2)

''the secretary-general has the mandate of the security
council, yet he has not stated his position on the sanctions,
which could be fundemental in finding a solution,'' he said.

the non-aligned members of the security council include china,
india, zimbabwe, ecuador, venezuela, morrocco and cape verde, and
with the exception of ecuador and venezuela, who voted in favour,
all abstained in the vote on resolution 748.
(end/ips/ip/mg/eli/yjc/92)

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