United Nations Security Council resolution 1280, adopted on 3 December 1999, after recalling resolutions
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(1999) concerning the
Oil-for-Food Programme
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, the council, acting under
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, extended provisions relating to the export of Iraqi petroleum or petroleum products in return for
humanitarian aid for one week until 11 December 1999.
Resolution 1280 was adopted by 11 votes in favour and none against with three
abstentions from
China, Malaysia and
Russia
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; France did not participate in the voting.
Explaining their votes, France said the resolution was being used to bring pressure on other members of the council and was incapable of being implemented for one week; China said the current resolution would not meet the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people; Malaysia stated that the one-week extension would serve no purpose other than placing pressure on the permanent members of the council; and Russia said the current resolution would not determine a timetable for a comprehensive resolution on
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
and that it did not properly address the
humanitarian crisis
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.
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
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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Invasion of Kuwait
The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait was an operation conducted by Iraq on 2 August 1990, whereby it invaded the neighboring State of Kuwait, consequently resulting in a seven-month-long Iraqi military occupation of the country. The invasion and Ira ...
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Iraq sanctions
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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(1998–2000)
References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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