VOL. XXXVII

NO.6

8-NOVEMBER-1993

Libya

Western Powers Pressure Russia Not To Block Tighter Libyan Sanctions

The three big western powers exerted open pressure on Russia last week todrop its proposed veto on a resolution calling for tighter sanctions againstLibya unless it hands over for trial in the US or the UK two suspects accused ofbombing Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in December 1988. Theindications are that Russia has softened its position and will not exerciseits veto power,...