Abstract
Pursuant to the decision of the International Court of Justice that it is competent to deal with the dispute between the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the United States and the United Kingdom, the Group of African States requests the Security Council to hold a public debate on the dispute before it holds its session to discuss sanctions against the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, and states its wish to see the sanctions either suspended until the dispute is settled, or lifted altogether.