Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis

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diplomatic crisis international dispute

The Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis was the prolonged international standoff in the 1990s and early 2000s over Libya’s responsibility for the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, involving UN sanctions, negotiations over suspects’ trials, and eventual compensation agreements.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Lockerbie bombing	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diplomatic crisis ⓘ international dispute ⓘ
cause	dispute over responsibility for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 ⓘ
countryInvolved	Libya ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
diplomaticAspect	involvement of Arab League states ⓘ mediation efforts by the Organization of African Unity ⓘ mediation efforts by the United Nations ⓘ
hasPart	UN Security Council Resolution 1192 ⓘ UN Security Council Resolution 731 ⓘ UN Security Council Resolution 748 ⓘ UN Security Council Resolution 883 ⓘ
involvedOrganization	United Nations ⓘ United Nations Security Council ⓘ
involves	Libyan offer to surrender suspects for trial ⓘ UN sanctions against Libya ⓘ compensation agreements for victims' families ⓘ extradition dispute over Libyan intelligence agents ⓘ lifting of UN sanctions on Libya ⓘ negotiations over trial venue for Libyan suspects ⓘ
keyEvent	Libyan acceptance of responsibility for actions of its officials in 2003 ⓘ Libyan agreement to pay compensation to victims' families in 2003 ⓘ agreement on trial of Libyan suspects in the Netherlands under Scottish law ⓘ imposition of UN sanctions on Libya in 1992 ⓘ lifting of UN sanctions on Libya in 1999 ⓘ surrender of Libyan suspects in 1999 ⓘ
legalAspect	dispute over jurisdiction for criminal trial ⓘ issues of state responsibility for terrorism ⓘ negotiated trial under Scottish law in a neutral country ⓘ
locationOfEvent	Libya ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
mainSubject	Pan Am Flight 103 ⓘ surface form: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
relatedTo	Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lockerbie bombing Pan Am Flight 103 ⓘ
result	lifting of most international sanctions on Libya ⓘ normalization of relations between Libya and Western states ⓘ payment of compensation to families of Pan Am Flight 103 victims ⓘ
sanctionType	arms embargo on Libya ⓘ aviation embargo on Libya ⓘ diplomatic restrictions on Libya ⓘ freezing of Libyan assets abroad ⓘ
significantPeriod	1990s ⓘ early 2000s ⓘ
startTime	1988 ⓘ

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Muammar Gaddafi → notableEvent → Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis ⓘ

Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis → relatedTo → Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lockerbie bombing