United Nations Security Council resolution 665, adopted on 25 August 1990, after demanding the full and immediate implementation of resolutions
660
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661
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664
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, the council authorised a
naval blockade
A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It includ ...
to enforce the embargo against
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 ...
, in the aftermath of its
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 ...
on 2 August 1990.
On 6 August 1990, after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the Security Council adopted
Resolution 661 (1990) which imposed
economic sanctions
Economic sanctions are commercial and financial penalties applied by one or more countries against a targeted self-governing state, group, or individual. Economic sanctions are not necessarily imposed because of economic circumstances—they ma ...
on Iraq, providing for a full
trade embargo
Economic sanctions are commercial and financial penalties applied by one or more countries against a targeted self-governing state, group, or individual. Economic sanctions are not necessarily imposed because of economic circumstances—they ma ...
, excluding medical supplies, food and other items of
humanitarian necessity, these to be determined by the Security Council sanctions committee. After authorising the naval blockade, the council invited Member States to co-operate with one another, and with the
Military Staff Committee
The Military Staff Committee (MSC) is the United Nations Security Council subsidiary body whose role, as defined by the United Nations Charter, is to plan UN military operations , to ensure compliance with the provisions of Resolution 661 (1990). It also requested the
Secretary-General
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to report back to the council on developments in the situation.
Resolution 665 was adopted by 13 votes to none, with two
abstentions from
Cuba
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and
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
. It avoided invoking the authority and purview of the council under Article 42,
Chapter VII, which would make the blockade legally enforceable.
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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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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(1987–1991)
References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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