Posted on 02/21/2003 6:46:50 PM PST by tentmaker
Among other issues brought up by each of these Security Council resolutions, they form an interesting chain of connections.
S/RES/687 (1991) 8 April 1991 - called for disclosure of weapons
S/RES/707 (1991) 15 August 1991 - said Iraq was in material breach of 687
S/RES/715 (1991) 11 October 1991 - demanded that Iraq meet it's obligations under 687 and 707
S/RES/1060 (1996) 12 June 1996 - said Iraq had violated 687, 707 and 715
S/RES/1115 (1997) 21 June 1997 - condemns Iraq for clear and flagrant violation of 687, 707, 715 and 1060
S/RES/1134 (1997) 23 October 1997 - condemns Iraq for clear and flagrant violation of 687, 707, 715, 1060 and 1115
S/RES/1137 (1997) 12 November 1997 - Condemns the continued violations by Iraq of its obligations under the relevant resolutions
S/RES/1154 (1998) 2 March 1998 - warns that any violation of 687 would have severest consequences for Iraq
S/RES/1194 (1998) 9 September 1998 - Condemns Iraq for suspending cooperation, which constitutes a totally unacceptable contravention of its obligations under resolutions 687, 707, 715, 1060, 1115 and 1154
(maybe they forgot 1134 and 1137 on this one [shrug])
S/RES/1205 (1998) 5 November 1998 - Condemns Iraq for ceasing cooperation as a flagrant violation of resolution 687 others
(they were getting weary of repeating the numbers by now)
S/RES/1441 (2002) 8 November 2002 - RECALLING all its previous relevant resolutions, in particular its resolutions 661 (1990) of 6 August 1990, 678 (1990) of 29 November 1990, 686 (1991) of 2 March 1991, 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991, 688 (1991) of 5 April 1991, 707 (1991) of 15 August 1991, 715 (1991) of 11 October 1991, 986 (1995) of 14 April 1995, and 1284 (1999) of 17 December 1999, and all the relevant statements of its president,
1. DECIDES that Iraq has been and remains in material breach of its obligations under relevant resolutions, including resolution 687 (1991), in particular through Iraq’s failure to cooperate with United Nations inspectors and the IAEA, and to complete the actions required under paragraphs 8 to 13 of resolution 687 (1991);
Every single one of these resolutions ends with the words: "Decides to remain seized of the matter." Maybe the problem is that the Security Council is determined to remained "seized".
SOURCES:
http://www.un.org/Depts/unscom/
http://www.iraqwatch.org/un/index.html
im thinking bowel obstruction....well, this is an anatomical thread, right?
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