United Nations Security Council Resolution 707
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United Nations
Security Council Resolution
707, adopted unanimously on August 15, 1991, after recalling Resolution 687
(1991) and hearing representations from the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) and United Nations Special Commission
, the Council, acting under Chapter VII
, condemned Iraq
for violations and non-compliance of Resolution 687 (1991) and extended powers to the Special Commission and IAEA.
In this regard, the Council made several demands to the Government of Iraq, demanding that it:
provide "full, final and complete disclosure" of all aspects of its programmes to develop weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile
s with a range of more than 150 kilometres (93.2 mi), including their components, locations, production facilities and all other nuclear programmes; allow the IAEA and Special Commission unrestricted access to areas they wish to inspect, including to those they were denied access; cease attempts to conceal, remove or destroy its nuclear
, chemical
or biological
weapons or ballistic missile programmes; allow the Special Commission and IAEA to conduct surveillance
and inspection flights across the country, also for the purposes of aerial survey
ing; halt nuclear activities of any kind, excluding those for agricultural, industrial or medical purposes; guarantee the safety and immunity
of all Special Commission and IAEA representatives, providing transport for them when necessary; respond to all questions or requests from the IAEA and Special Commission.
Resolution 707 stated that Iraq must comply with the above provisions without delay, and with those in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
with which it was currently violating.
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707, adopted unanimously on August 15, 1991, after recalling Resolution 687
United Nations Security Council Resolution 687
United Nations Security Council Resolution 687, adopted on April 3, 1991, after reaffirming resolutions 660, 661, 662, 664, 665, 666, 667, 669, 670, 674, 677, 678 and 686 , the Council set the terms, in a comprehensive resolution, with which Iraq was to comply after losing the Gulf War.The...
(1991) and hearing representations from the International Atomic Energy Agency
International Atomic Energy Agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...
(IAEA) and United Nations Special Commission
United Nations Special Commission
United Nations Special Commission 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...
, the Council, acting under Chapter VII
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 and nonmilitary action to "restore international peace...
, condemned Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
for violations and non-compliance of Resolution 687 (1991) and extended powers to the Special Commission and IAEA.
In this regard, the Council made several demands to the Government of Iraq, demanding that it:
provide "full, final and complete disclosure" of all aspects of its programmes to develop weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile
Ballistic missile
A ballistic missile is a missile that follows a sub-orbital ballistic flightpath with the objective of delivering one or more warheads to a predetermined target. The missile is only guided during the relatively brief initial powered phase of flight and its course is subsequently governed by the...
s with a range of more than 150 kilometres (93.2 mi), including their components, locations, production facilities and all other nuclear programmes; allow the IAEA and Special Commission unrestricted access to areas they wish to inspect, including to those they were denied access; cease attempts to conceal, remove or destroy its nuclear
Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first fission bomb test released the same amount...
, chemical
Chemical warfare
Chemical warfare involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons. This type of warfare is distinct from Nuclear warfare and Biological warfare, which together make up NBC, the military acronym for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical...
or biological
Biological warfare
Biological warfare is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi with intent to kill or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war...
weapons or ballistic missile programmes; allow the Special Commission and IAEA to conduct surveillance
Aerial reconnaissance
Aerial reconnaissance is reconnaissance that is conducted using unmanned aerial vehicles or reconnaissance aircraft. Their roles are to collect imagery intelligence, signals intelligence and measurement and signature intelligence...
and inspection flights across the country, also for the purposes of aerial survey
Aerial survey
Aerial survey is a geomatics method of collecting information by using aerial photography, LiDAR or from remote sensing imagery using other bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, such as infrared, gamma, or ultraviolet. It can also refer to the chart or map made by analysing a region from the air...
ing; halt nuclear activities of any kind, excluding those for agricultural, industrial or medical purposes; guarantee the safety and immunity
Immunity from prosecution (international law)
Immunity from prosecution is a doctrine of international law that allows an accused to avoid prosecution for criminal offences. Immunities are of two types. The first is functional immunity, or immunity ratione materiae. This is an immunity granted to people who perform certain functions of...
of all Special Commission and IAEA representatives, providing transport for them when necessary; respond to all questions or requests from the IAEA and Special Commission.
Resolution 707 stated that Iraq must comply with the above provisions without delay, and with those in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to...
with which it was currently violating.
See also
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