VOL. XXXVI

NO. 28

12-APRIL-1993

LIBYA

UN Renews Sanctions Against Libya

The UN Security Council on 8 April renewed its sanctions against Libya foranother 120 days. The sanctions were put into effect a year ago on 15 April 1992when Libya refused to turn over to the US or UK two men suspected of involvementin the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in December 1988. The current sanctionsconsist of an arms sales embargo and an aviation ban, plus the downgrading ofLibya's diplomatic status at its foreign...