Three texts - on Lebanon, Al-Aqsa, Libyan plane interception - vetoed in Security Council.

From: UN Chronicle | Date: April 1, 1986 | Copyright information

Three texts--on Lebanon, Al-Aqsa, Libyan plane interception--vetoed in Security Council

THE United States on 17 January vetoed a draft resolution by which the Security Council would have strongly deplored "Israeli acts of violence as well as abusive practices and measures against the civilian population in southern

Lebanon which are in violation of the rules and principles of international law, in particular the provisions of the Geneva Convention of 12 August 19...

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