VOL. XLIV

No. 02

8-January-2001

LIBYA

US Renews Sanctions Against Libya

US President Bill Clinton informed Congress on 4 January of his decision to extend for a further six months US economic sanctions imposed on Libya 15 years ago. Mr Clinton said in letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives that he was transmitting a 6-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Libya that was declared in Executive Order 12543 of January 7, 1986. In a separate statement issued...