UN General Assembly
1993

authorities to turn over the two suspects to stand trial in the courts of one of those countries. My country has spared no effort in seeking to resolve this problem in accordance with the conventions of legality. We offered to go to the International Court of Justice and we proposed surrendering the two suspects to the United Nations office in Libya for investigation. We also proposed that the Secretary-General of the United Nations establish a legal fact-finding committee to examine the verisimilitude of the accusations and carry out a comprehensive investigation. The competent authorities in my country put this problem before the Basic People’s Congresses - the legislative authority - in Libya, which adopted a decision wherein they stated they would not object to the suspects being tried before an unbiased and fair court agreed upon by all concerned. On this basis, my country announced its readiness to enter into negotiations with the countries concerned, under the auspices of the Secretary-General, on a venue for the trial that could be agreed upon by all parties