The Hindu : U.N. lifts sanctions against Libya

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U.N. lifts sanctions against Libya

By Sridhar Krishnaswami

WASHINGTON SEPT. 12. The United Nations Security Council has lifted the 11-year-old sanctions against Libya. It was a 13 to 0 vote in the Council with France and the United States abstaining.

The vote came after France and the Gadhafi Government reached a partial new agreement on the nature of compensation that will now be paid to the relatives of the victims of a 1989 French airliner bombing. As many as 170 persons were killed in the UTA bombing.

The Security Council slapped sanctions on Tripoli in 1992 with a view to forcing it to hand over two of its intelligence agents who were indicted for trial in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am passenger jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 persons.

The Council suspended the sanctions in 1999 after the two agents were surrendered and after months of negotiations Libya agreed to pay as compensation $2.7 billion to the relatives of the Lockerbie victims in phases. Each will receive between $5 million and $10 million.

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