3761st Meeting of Security Council: Libyan Aircraft

Security Council calls flight of Libyan aircraft to Jeddah clear violation of sanctions regime at the 3761st meeting.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 00:03:29
• Production Date: 4 April 1997
• Asset Language: Original; English; French; Spanish
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO MASCARENHAS MONTEIRO
• Subject Topical: AIRCRAFT; INTERNATIONAL AIR AGREEMENTS; SANCTIONS
• Geographic Subject: LIBYA
• MAMS Id: 2426156
• Parent Id: 846024

Description

In Presidential Statement, Council Draws Attention to States' Obligations under Resolution 748 (1992).

The Security Council this afternoon cited the 29 March flight of a Libyan-registered aircraft from Tripoli to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, as a clear violation of the sanctions imposed against Libya under its resolution 748 (1992) and called on its Government to refrain from any further violations of those sanctions.

In a statement read out by President Antonio Monteiro (Portugal), the Council recalled that arrangements had been made consistent with the sanctions regime in order to fly Libyan pilgrims to perform the Hajj. Calling the violation totally unacceptable, the Council requested its Committee monitoring the sanctions against Libya to draw the attention of Member States to their obligations under resolution 748 (1992) in the event of Libyan-registered aircraft landing in their territory.

Under the sanctions imposed by the resolution, which include a mandatory arms embargo, States shall deny permission to any aircraft to take off from, land in or overfly their territory if its is destined to land in or has taken off from the territory of Libya, unless the flight has been approved by the Committee on significant humanitarian grounds.

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S/PV.3761

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