After the most painstaking investigations, charges were brought in both the U.S. and the United Kingdom against two Libyan intelligence agents for their role in the Pan Am 103 disaster. The international community has demanded that justice be done, and has required Libya to ensure that these two individuals are brought to trial either in the United States or United Kingdom, and required Libya to satisfy French judicial authorities charged with the investigation of the UTA 772 bombing. Libya continues to defy the international community by refusing to comply with these simple requirements. As President Clinton has affirmed, the United States is more determined than ever to fight terrorism and to bring terrorists to answer for their crimes. Jointly combating terrorism will be a critical task for the United Nations as it shapes its agenda for the coming decades.
Terrorism threatens the whole international community.
It must be dealt with collectively. The Libyan regime must not be given any relief from sanctions until it carries out the actions that will allow it once again to join the family of law-abiding nations. The United States has the tightest unilateral sanctions against Libya of any nation. We call on other nations to tighten enforcement of their sanctions regimes against Libya and to consider means of expanding sanctions as well. Libyan efforts to dilute the resolutions through offers of compromise must be rejected.