United Nations Security Council resolution 1454, adopted on 30 December 2002, after recalling all previous resolutions 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 ...

, including resolutions

661 Year 661 ( DCLXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 661 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the ...

(1991),

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(1995),

1284 Year 1284 ( MCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Aragonese Crusade: The first French armies under King Philip III ( the Bold) and his ...

(1999),

1352 Year 1352 ( MCCCLII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * June 4 – Glarus joins the Old Swiss Confederacy. * June 27 – Zug joins the O ...

(2001),

1360 Year 1360 ( MCCCLX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * October 24 – The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of t ...

(2001),

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(2001),

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(2002) and

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(2002) concerning the

Oil-for-Food Programme The Oil-for-Food Programme (OIP), established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986) was established to allow Iraq to sell oil on the world market in exchange for food, medicine, and other humanitarian needs f ...

, the council adjusted the list of restricted goods (Goods Review List) and procedures for its implementation under the Oil-for-Food Programme. It was the final Security Council resolution adopted in 2002. The security council was convinced of the need for a temporary measure to provide

humanitarian assistance Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance to people who need help. It is usually short-term help until the long-term help by the government and other institutions replaces it. Among the people in need are the homeless, refugees, and v ...

to the Iraqi people until the

Iraqi government The federal government of Iraq is defined under the current Constitution, approved in 2005, as an Islamic, democratic, federal parliamentary republic. The federal government is composed of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, as w ...

fulfilled the provisions of Resolution 687 (1991) and 1284, and had distributed aid throughout the country equally. It reaffirmed the commitment of all states to Iraq's

sovereignty Sovereignty is the defining authority within individual consciousness, social construct, or territory. Sovereignty entails hierarchy within the state, as well as external autonomy for states. In any state, sovereignty is assigned to the perso ...

and

territorial integrity Territorial integrity is the principle under international law that gives the right to sovereign states to defend their borders and all territory in them of another state. It is enshrined in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and has been recognized ...

, its determination to improve the humanitarian situation and pledge to adjust the Goods Review List. Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the council adjusted the Goods Review List and procedures for its implementation. More than 50 items were added to the Goods Review List. It would conduct a review of the measures within 90 days and before the end of the current extension of the Oil-for-Food Programme, while the committee established in Resolution 661 was also requested to conduct reviews. The Secretary-General

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was instructed to develop consumption rates and use levels for chemicals and medications specified in the annexes of the resolution within 60 days. Finally, the resolution appealed to all states to co-operate in the timely submission of technically complete applications and the issuing of export licences. Resolution 1454 was adopted by 13 votes to none against and two abstentions from

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and Syria. Russia opposed the "restrictive" nature of the text while Syria noted that Iraq had begun complying with weapons inspections and regretted that the speed of negotiations resulting in the adoption of the current resolution did not allow enough time for examining the list.

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
{{UNSCR 2002 1454 2002 in Iraq 1454 December 2002 events

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