U.S.-Libya Relations: A New Era? : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Africa of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, Tuesday, July 22, 1999, Volume 4 |
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Page 1 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICA, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC. The Subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 2:30 pm in Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.
Page 61 - ... between the Libyan national team and an American one, was only a wish for me a few years go will become a reality in just a few weeks. I am confident that the American business community as well as the Libyan American and Arab American communities can provide excellent academic, scientific and business resources and can play a positive and constructive role. It is an opportunity for genuine cooperation Between Americans, Libyan Americans and their motherland.
Page 43 - Congo and an apparent reconciliation between Kinshasa and Kampala. Qadhafi has also been instrumental in convincing the many internal factions in Congo to resume discussions with an eye toward some type of reconciliation. In the Horn of Africa. Libya has attempted...
Page 13 - It is not a full answer to your question, but it is as far as I can take it.
Page 59 - I am honored to have the opportunity to appear before your distinguished committee. I am happy to take part in these hearings as an advocate of normalizing our relationship with the Libyan regime and the Libyan people.
Page 5 - Council requirements: renounce and end all support for terrorist activities, acknowledge responsibility for the actions of its officials, cooperate with the trial, and pay appropriate compensation.
Page 44 - Dr. Cook was a Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a Soref Research Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Page 5 - We acknowledge Libya's recent declarations of its intention to turn over a new page, but given its history, such statements are not enough. Positive actions are essential if Libya is to be reintegrated into the international community, beginning with full cooperation in the Pan Am 103 trial and full compliance with the remaining UN Security Council requirements.
Page 47 - Libya's biological warfare program is believed to remain in the early research and development phase. Progress has been slow due in part to an inadequate scientific and technical base. Though Libya may be able to produce small quantities of usable agent, it is unlikely to transition from laboratory work to production of militarily significant quantities until well after the year 2000. Libya acceded to the BWC in 1982. Libya has experienced major setbacks to its chemical warfare program, first as...
Page 45 - Libya is on the verge of succeeding in developing a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) capability in the form of chemical and biological weaponry (CBW) and the ballistic missiles to deliver them.