UN General Assembly
1995

the trial of the two suspects is determined by the 1971 Montreal Convention, which gives Libya the right to try them, the refusal by Britain and the United States to abide by this Convention, to which they are both parties, prompted Libya to seek other solutions to the issue of the trial. In this respect, Libya has submitted several proposals, including one that calls for resorting to the International Court of Justice, or trying the two suspects before a court whose venue should be agreed upon by the parties concerned. Although the United States and British Governments have both announced that their allegations have been built on specific facts and reliable information, the facts that have come to light over the past three years refute such assertions. In addition to the statement by the Palestinian national, Yusuf Sha’aban, before a Lebanese court, there are the statements of the manager of a Swiss electronics company which undermine the most important basis for accusing the two Libyan nationals. The information published in Tracking the Octopus, a recent work of