United Nations Security Council resolution 1205, adopted unanimously on 5 November 1998, after recalling all
resolutions on
Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...
, particularly resolutions
1154
Year 1154 ( MCLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Levant
* April 18 – Nur al-Din, Seljuk ruler (''atabeg'') of Aleppo, encamps before Damascus and overthrows Mujir al-Din by force ...
(1998) and
1194
Year 1194 ( MCXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
England
* February 4 – King Richard I of England ("the Lionheart") is ransomed for an amount of 150,000 marks (demanded by Emper ...
(1998) concerning its
weapons programme, the Council condemned Iraq's decision to cease co-operation with the
United Nations Special Commission
United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) was an inspection regime created by the United Nations to ensure Iraq's compliance with policies concerning Iraqi production and use of weapons of mass destruction after the Gulf War. Between 1991 and 19 ...
(UNSCOM).
On 31 October 1998 Iraq decided to end co-operation with UNSCOM and continued to place restrictions on the
International Atomic Energy Agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear technology, nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was ...
(IAEA). The country was required to meet its obligations under
Resolution 687 (1991) and that effective co-operation with UNSCOM and the IAEA is essential in this process. It would then consider measures imposed on Iraq once it had rescinded its latest decision.
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 a ...
, the Council condemned Iraq's decision to no longer co-operate with the Special Commission and IAEA and demanded that it immediately withdraw its decision. The country had previously announced it would suspend co-operation with both on 5 August 1998.
Until Iraq complied, the duration of restrictions imposed in Resolution 687 would not be reviewed.
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. Saddam had good relations with the Soviet Union and a number of western countries such as France–Iraq ...
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Iraq and weapons of mass destruction
Iraq actively researched weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and used chemical weapons from 1962 to 1991, after which it destroyed its chemical weapons stockpile and halted its biological and nuclear weapon programs as required by the United Nation ...
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Iraq disarmament timeline 1990–2003
1990
24 July 1990
* Nine days before Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, US State Department spokeswoman, Margaret Tutwiler states: "We do not have any defence treaties with Kuwait, and there are no special defence or security commitments to Kuwait."
2 ...
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Sanctions against Iraq
A sanction may be either a permission or a restriction, depending upon context, as the word is an auto-antonym.
Examples of sanctions include:
Government and law
* Sanctions (law), penalties imposed by courts
* Economic sanctions, typically a b ...
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(1998–2000)
References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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Iraq and weapons of mass destruction
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