United Nations Security Council resolution 700, adopted unanimously on 17 June 1991, after recalling resolutions
661 (1991),
665 (1991),
670 (1991) and
687 (1991), and noting the report by the
Secretary-General
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it requested, the council, acting under
Chapter VII, the Council approved the full implementation of Resolution 687–the
arms embargo against
Iraq
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The Council called on all states and international organisations to strictly implement the embargo, requesting states to report within 45 days on the measures they have taken the implementation. It also entrusted the Security Council Committee established in Resolution 661 (1990) to monitor the prohibitions against the sale or supply of arms to Iraq and related sanctions. The committee would submit five reports, at 90 days intervals, to the council on the implementation of the resolution.
See also
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Gulf War
The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...
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Iraq and weapons of mass destruction
Iraq actively researched and later employed weapons of mass destruction (WMD) from 1962 to 1991, when it destroyed its chemical weapons stockpile and halted its biological and nuclear weapon programs as required by the United Nations Security Coun ...
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Iraq disarmament timeline 1990–2003
1990
24 July 1990
* Nine days before Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, US State Department spokeswoman, Margaret Tutwiler states: "We do not have any defence treaties with Kuwait, and there are no special defence or security commitments to Kuwait."
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Iraq–Kuwait relations
The relations between Iraq and Kuwait are longstanding and complex, experiencing many changes throughout recent decades.
History
Prior to the discovery of oil, the lands comprising modern day Iraq and Kuwait shared significant political, economic ...
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Sanctions against Iraq
The sanctions against Iraq were a comprehensive financial and trade embargo imposed by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Iraq. They began August 6, 1990, four days after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, stayed largely in force until May 22 ...
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(1987–1991)
References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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