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DATE=9/24/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-239214 TITLE=LIBYA/LOCKERBIE (L ONLY) BYLINE=GIL BUTLER DATELINE=NEW YORK CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN HAVE CALLED ON LIBYA TO DELIVER TWO SUSPECTS TO THE NETHERLANDS FOR TRIAL IN CONNECTION WITH THE 1988 TERRORIST BOMBING OF AN AMERICAN AIRLINER THAT CAUSED THE DEATHS OF 270 PEOPLE. THEIR DEMAND CAME AT A SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON AFRICA AFTER OFFICIALS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY CALLED FOR MORE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE WAY THE TRIAL WILL BE HANDLED. V-O-A'S GIL BUTLER HAS MORE FROM NEW YORK. TEXT: A MINISTERIAL LEVEL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS REVIEWING THE TROUBLED YEAR IN AFRICA AND HEARD THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY'S SECRETARY GENERAL, SALIM AHMED SALIM, CALL FOR MORE ACCOMMODATION TO LIBYA'S EXPRESSED CONCERNS OVER THE WAY THE TRIAL WILL BE RUN. HE PRAISED WHAT HE CALLED THE BREAKTHROUGH IN ARRANGING FOR THE TRIAL TO TAKE PLACE IN THE NETHERLANDS. /// SALIM ACT /// THE SAME SPIRIT OF ACCOMMODATION SHOULD PREVAIL IN EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT A JUST AND FAIR TRIAL TO THE SUSPECTS. IN THIS RESPECT, THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THE LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHURRIA, NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE SETTING OF MODALITIES FOR THE TRIAL. /// END ACT /// LIBYA'S MOAMMAR GADDAFI HAS YET TO TURN OVER THE SUSPECTS FOR TRIAL. BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY ROBIN COOK AND U-S SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT BOTH DEPARTED FROM PREPARED REMARKS TO COMMENT ON AFRICAN OFFICIAL'S CALL FOR NEGOTIATIONS. MR. COOK POINTED OUT THAT THE TERRORIST BOMB BLAST OCCURRED OVER SCOTLAND, AND, AT LIBYA'S REQUEST, ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO TRY THE SUSPECTS IN A COURT IN THE NETHERLANDS WITH A SCOTTISH JUDGE UNDER SCOTTISH LEGAL RULES. HE POINTED OUT THAT A UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE HAS OBSERVED SCOTTISH COURTS IN ACTION AS WELL AS THE PRISON ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MEN, IF THEY ARE CONVICTED. SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT WAS BLUNTER. /// ALBRIGHT ACT /// THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO NEGOTIATE. LIBYA SHOULD ACCEPT ITS OWN PROPOSAL AND DELIVER THE FUGITIVES FOR TRIAL. AND MANY OF YOU ENCOURAGED ALL OF US IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL. AND NOW, FRANKLY, IT IS TIME FOR ALL OF YOU TO ENCOURAGE LIBYA TO ACCEPT, TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YES. /// END ACT /// MOST OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL SESSION WAS A DISCUSSION OF THE DANGEROUS DISPUTES AND CONFLICTS THAT CONTINUE TO RAVAGE AFRICA -- FROM LIBERIA TO ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA AND ANGOLA. BUT MOST SPEAKERS, INCLUDING SECRETARY ALBRIGHT HAD PRAISE FOR NIGERIAN GENERAL ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR FOR TAKING STEPS AIMED AT RESTORING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS. (SIGNED) NEB/MGB/WDC/KL 24-Sep-98 5:24 PM EDT (2124 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .