Security Council arms and air embargo stays in place.

• Position: United Nations Security Council's embargo against Libya

Following consultations, Security Council members on 5 August decided to continue to review the air and arms embargo imposed against Libya in connection with terrorist bombings that took place in 1988 and 1989. The sanctions were ordered under Council resolution 748 (1992), and are reviewed every 120 days.

The Council President issued a statement on behalf of members in which he said that after hearing all opinions expressed during consultations, the Council had "concluded that there was no agreement that the necessary conditions existed" for modification of the embargo.

The embargo was imposed after France, the United Kingdom and the United States complained that Libya had failed to respond effectively to requests for full cooperation in establishing responsibility for the bombings.

In a 26 July letter (S/1994/900) to the Secretary-General, Libya said it had spared no effort to resolve its dispute with the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

Convinced of the importance of cooperating with the UN in the maintenance of international peace and security, Libya stated it had declared its total renunciation of terrorism in all its forms and its condemnation of all acts of terrorism.

Libya said it was ready to try in its country two Libyan nationals accused of the bombings, in keeping with the Montreal Convention, which stipulated that the Contracting State in the territory of which the alleged offender was found should, if it did not extradite him, bring him to trial without delay.

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