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 112 STAT. 2681-217 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 to the Netherlands, where they would stand trial before a Scottish court, under Scottish law, and with a panel of Scottish judges. (7) The United States-United Kingdom proposal is consistent with those previously endorsed by the Organization of African Unity, the League of Arab States, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Islamic Conference. (8) The United Nations Security Council endorsed the United States-United Kingdom proposal on August 27, 1998, in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1192. (9) The United States Government has stated that this proposal is nonnegotiable and has called on Colonel Qadaflfi to respond promptly, positively, and unequivocally to this proposal by ensuring the timely appearance of the two accused individuals in the Netherlands for trial before the Scottish court. (10) The United States Government has called on Libya to ensure the production of evidence, including the presence of witnesses before the court, and to comply fully with all the requirements of the United Nations Security Council resolutions. (11) Secretary of State Albright has said that the United States will urge a multilateral oil embargo against Libya in the United Nations Security Council if Colonel Muammar Qadafii does not transfer the suspects to the Netherlands to stand trial. (12) The United Nations Security Council will convene on October 30, 1998, to review sanctions imposed on Libya, (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— (1) Colonel Qadaffi should promptly transfer the indicted suspects Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah to the Netherlands to stand trial before the Scottish court; (2) the United States Government should remain firm in its commitment not to negotiate with Colonel QadafS on any of the details of the proposal approved by the United Nations in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1192; and (3) if Colonel Qadaffi does not transfer the indicted suspects Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah to the Netherlands by October 29, 1998, the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations should— (A) introduce a resolution in the United Nations Security Council to impose a multilateral oil embargo against Libya; (B) actively promote adoption of the resolution by the United Nations Security Council; and (C) assure that a vote will occur in the United Nations Security Council on such a resolution. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN RECOVERING CHILDREN ABDUCTED IN THE UNITED STATES AND TAKEN TO OTHER COUNTRIES. SEC. 597. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress finds that— (1) many children in the United States have been abducted by family members who are foreign nationals and living in foreign coxintries;

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