In April, 1992, the Council imposed mandatory sanctions cutting air links to Libya because of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi's failure to cooperate with the United States and Britain in the extradition of the Libyans, suspected of involvement in both Pan Am bombing and in the bombing of a French UTA flight.
Loku kwachubela tikhatsi tekuhlazeka kuNingizimu Afrika lebeyinebudlelwane ne United States kanye nemave lase Western lokwenta kushwabana kuMengameli Mandela ngebungani bakhe ne Libya, iNorth Afrika pariah yasolwa ngekuphazamisa iPan American Airlines ʺijumbo jetʺ ngetulu kwe Lockerbie lese Scotland ngemnyaka wa 1988, na Cuba Fidel Castro le emaMelika angazange acolele ngekusakata intfo lekhona yebhizinisi yase US ngaphandle kwekuncephetelwa kanye nekufaka tikhali tenukliya esihlengeni.