United Nations Security Council resolution 1266, adopted unanimously on 4 October 1999, after recalling all previous
resolutions on
Iraq, including resolutions
986 (1995),
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(1999) concerning the
Oil-for-Food Programme, the Council increased the limit on the amount of oil Iraq could export to 3.04 billion United States dollars for the current 180-day period which began on 25 May 1999.
The Security Council was determined to improve the humanitarian situation in Iraq and, acting under
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter sets out the UN Security Council's powers to maintain peace. It allows the Council to "determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression" and to take military an ...
, increased the limit of oil that Iraq could export beyond the prior authorised limit, which had previously been US$5.26 billion within a 180-day period.
See also
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Foreign relations of Iraq
Since 1980, the foreign relations of Iraq have been influenced by a number of controversial decisions by the Saddam Hussein administration. Hussein had good relations with the Soviet Union and a number of western countries such as France and G ...
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Gulf War
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Invasion of Kuwait
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Sanctions against Iraq
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List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1201 to 1300 (1998–2000)
References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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