United Nations Security Council resolution 712, adopted on 19 September 1991, after recalling resolutions

661 Year 661 ( DCLXI) was a common year starting on Friday 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 prevalent method in Europe for naming ...

(1990),

686 __NOTOC__ Year 686 (Roman numerals, DCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 686 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent ...

(1991),

687 __NOTOC__ Year 687 ( DCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 687 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Eur ...

(1991),

688 __NOTOC__ Year 688 (Roman numerals, DCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 688 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevale ...

(1991),

692 __NOTOC__ Year 692 ( DCXCII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 692 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe fo ...

(1991), 699 (1991), 705 (1991) and

706 __NOTOC__ Year 706 ( DCCVI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 706th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 706th year of the 1st millennium, the 6th year of the 8th century, and the 7th ...

(1991), the council, acting under Chapter VII, reaffirmed and discussed provisions of Resolution 706 and called for international co-operation. The resolution first invited the security Council committee established under Resolution 661 to authorise the release by the Secretary-General

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from the

escrow An escrow is a contractual arrangement in which a third party (the stakeholder or escrow agent) receives and disburses money or property for the primary transacting parties, with the disbursement dependent on conditions agreed to by the transact ...

account of the first one-third portion in the

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to finance the purchase foodstuffs, medicines, materials and other supplies for civilian needs. It called on the Secretary-General and the committee to co-operate with the

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to ensure an effective implementation of the current resolution, to enable an equitable distribution to meet humanitarian needs. The council also decided that petroleum and petroleum products while under the Iraqi title are immune from legal proceedings, calling on the domestic systems of other states assure this protection. It also stated that the escrow account, the United Nations Compensation Commission, weapons inspectors and other experts all enjoy the privileges and immunities of the United Nations. The council finally requested the Secretary-General to take "all actions necessary" to implement the provisions of Resolution 712, and called upon all Member States to co-operate in the implementation of Resolution 706 and the current resolution, especially with regards to petroleum products, medicines and supplies for civilian needs. Resolution 712 was adopted by 13 votes to one against from

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, and one

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from

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. Iraq did not initially accept or reject the provisions outlined.

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
{{UNSCR 1991 0712 0712 1991 in Iraq September 1991

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