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Article: Text deploring downing of Libyan planes vetoed in Security Council; United States calls it 'self-defense.' (vetoed by United States, United Kingdom and France)
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- UN Chronicle
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- June 1, 1989
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Three permanent members of the Security Council-the United States, the United Kingdom and France-on 11 January vetoed a draft resolution by which the Council would have deplored the downing on 4 January of two Libyan reconnaissance planes by the armed forces of the United States. The Council would have also called upon the United States to "suspend its military manoeuvres off the Libyan coast in order to contribute to the reduction of tension in the area".
The text (S/20378) also called upon all parties to "refrain from resorting to force, to exercise restraint in this critical situation and to resolve their differences by peaceful means" in keeping with the ...
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