Resolution |
UN Security Council Resolution 661 |
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Resolution |
UN Security Council Resolution 661 |
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Introduction
Immediately following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the UN Security Council passed resolution 660 on August 2, 1990 calling for withdrawal of Iraqi troops. This failed to impress the Iraqi government, and was following on August 6 by Resolution 661, which authorized economic sanctions against Iraq and occupied Kuwait, declaring a trade blockade, and blocking both Iraq asses and Kuwaiti assets, protecting the latter from the Iraqis who now controlled them.
Ami Isseroff
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S/RES/661 (1990)
6 August 1990
Adopted by the Security Council at its 2933rd meeting, on 6 August 1991
The Security Council,
Reaffirming its resolution 660 (1990) of 2
August 1990,
Deeply concerned that that resolution has
not been implemented and that the invasion by Iraq of Kuwait continues
with further loss of human life and material destruction,
Determined to bring the invasion and
occupation of Kuwait by Iraq to an end and to restore the sovereignty,
independence and territorial integrity of Kuwait,
Noting that the legitimate Government of
Kuwait has expressed its readiness to comply with resolution 660 (1990),
Mindful of its responsibilities under the
Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and
security,
Affirming the inherent right of individual
or collective self-defence, in response to the armed attack by Iraq against
Kuwait, in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter,
Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the
United Nations,
1. Determines that Iraq so far has
failed to comply with paragraph 2 of resolution 660 (1990) and has usurped
the authority of the legitimate Government of Kuwait;
2. Decides, as a consequence, to take
the following measures to secure compliance of Iraq with paragraph 2 of
resolution 660 (1990) and to restore the authority of the legitimate
Government of Kuwait;
3. Decides that all States shall
prevent:
(a) The import into their territories of
all commodities and products originating in Iraq or Kuwait exported
therefrom after the date of the present
resolution;
(b) Any activities by their nationals or in
their territories which would promote or are calculated to promote the export or
trans-shipment of any commodities or products from Iraq or Kuwait; and any
dealings by their nationals or their flag vessels or in their territories
in any commodities or products originating in Iraq or Kuwait and exported
therefrom after the date of the present resolution, including in particular any
transfer of funds to Iraq or Kuwait for the purposes of such activities or
dealings;
(c) The sale or supply by their nationals
or from their territories or using their flag vessels of any commodities or
products, including weapons or any other military equipment, whether or not
originating in their territories but not including supplies intended strictly
for medical purposes, and, in humanitarian circumstances, foodstuffs, to any
person or body in Iraq or Kuwait or to any person or body for the purposes of
any business carried on in or operated from Iraq or Kuwait, and any
activities by their nationals or in their territories which promote or are
calculated to promote such sale or supply of such commodities or products;
4. Decides that all States shall not
make available to the Government of Iraq or to any commercial, industrial or
public utility undertaking in Iraq or Kuwait, any funds or any other financial
or economic resources and shall prevent their nationals and any persons within
their territories from removing from their territories or otherwise making
available to that Government or to any such undertaking any such funds or
resources and from remitting any other funds to persons or bodies within
Iraq or Kuwait, except payments exclusively for strictly medical or humanitarian
purposes and, in humanitarian circumstances, foodstuffs;
5. Calls upon all States, including
States non-members of the United Nations, to act strictly in accordance with the
provisions of the present resolution notwithstanding any contract entered into
or licence granted before the date of the present resolution;
6. Decides to establish, in
accordance with rule 28 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security
Council, a Committee of the Security Council consisting of all the members of
the Council, to undertake the following tasks and to report on its work to the
Council with its observations and recommendations:
(a) To examine the reports on the progress
of the implementation of the present resolution which will be submitted by the
Secretary-General;
(b) To seek from all States further
information regarding the action taken by them concerning the effective
implementation of the provisions laid
down in the present resolution;
7. Calls upon all States to
co-operate fully with the Committee in the fulfilment of its task, including
supplying such information as may be sought
by the Committee in pursuance of the present resolution;
8. Requests the Secretary-General to
provide all necessary assistance to the Committee and to make the necessary
arrangements in the Secretariat for the purpose;
9. Decides that, notwithstanding
paragraphs 4 through 8 above, nothing in the present resolution shall prohibit
assistance to the legitimate Government of Kuwait, and calls upon all States:
(a) To take appropriate measures to protect
assets of the legitimate Government of Kuwait and its agencies;
(b) Not to recognize any regime set up by
the occupying Power;
10. Requests the Secretary-General to
report to the Council on the progress of the implementation of the present
resolution, the first report to
be submitted within thirty days;
11. Decides to keep this item on its agenda
and to continue its efforts to put an early end to the invasion by Iraq.