VOL. XXX

NO. 13

5-JANUARY-1987

LIBYA

US Renews Economic Sanctions against Libya

The US administration has renewed the boycott measures it issued last yearagainst Libya for alleged support of international terrorism. In a letter toCongress on 23 December, President Ronald Reagan said Libya "continues touse and support international terrorism, in violation of international law andminimum standards of human behavior. Such Libyan actions and policies pose acontinuing unusual and extraordinary threat...