France had threatened to hold up the lifting of U.N. sanctions imposed on Libya for the 1988 bombing of the Pan Am 103 airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, if Libya did not satisfy the UTA families' demands.
The reward Iraq now has been encouraged to expect is the lifting of the oil export embargo, which was meant to force Iraq not only to give access to U.N. inspectors but also to comply with other important provisions of the cease-fire agreement that ended the Gulf War.
Security Council resolution passed in the last couple of days that provided a mandate for a U.N. presence in Tripoli to help with the post-Qaddafi transition, as well as a gradual lifting of the sanctions so that some of the funds that have been frozen can be more readily made available to the TNC.