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Article: Security Council hears Chad complaint against Libya, takes no action. (column)
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- UN Chronicle
- Article date:
- February 1, 1987
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At a meeting on 19 November, the Security Council considered a complaint from Chad regarding the "serious" situation prevailing in that country, "the northern part of which has been occupied by neighbouring Libya".
Seven speakers participated in the debate. The Council adjourned without a draft resolution having been tabled.
Mahamat Ali Adoum (Chad) said in a 14 November letter to the Council President (S/18456) that in addition to the "flagrant and inadmissible occupation" of 550,000 square kilometres of Chad's northern region, "perpetual interference" in Chad's internal and external affairs, and "repeated acts of aggression, destabilization and ...