United Nations Security Council Resolution 1266
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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
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, 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 ...
* Gulf War * Invasion of Kuwait * Sanctions against Iraq * 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
{{UNSCR 1999 1266 1999 in Iraq 1266 October 1999 events