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Iraq (73 events
found)
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Date:
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16
Feb. 2001
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Keywords:
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Iraq/USA;
UK
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Event:
|
The
US and British air forces attack Iraqi military command, control and
communication sites outside Baghdad to destroy Iraqi air defence
infrastructure. They carry out several attacks on Iraqi defence sites
during 2001.
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Date:
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28
Apr. 2001
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Keywords:
|
Shanghai
Forum; Iraq; Sanctions
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Event:
|
At
a Shanghai Forum meeting in Moscow, the foreign ministers of China,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan call on the world community
to lift sanctions against Iraq as soon as possible in accordance with UN
Security Council resolutions.
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Date:
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21
Nov. 2001
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Keywords:
|
USA/Iraq
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Event:
|
US
President Bush calls for Iraq to let UN weapon inspectors return to the
country. Iraq rejects the call on 27 Nov.
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Date:
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17
Dec. 1999
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Keywords:
|
UN;
Iraq
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Event:
|
The
UN Security Council adopts, by a vote of 11 to 0 (China, France, Malaysia
and Russia abstain), Resolution 1284, establishing the UN Monitoring,
Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC). The new commission will
take over the responsibilities of the UN Special Commission on Iraq
(UNSCOM), established in 1991 by UN Security Council Resolution 687, to monitor
and verify the elimination of Iraq's chemical and biological weapons and
all ballistic missiles with a range of over 150 km.
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Date:
|
11
Jan. 1998
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|
Keywords:
|
Iraq,
UN
|
|
Event:
|
Iraq
refuses to cooperate with the UN Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) in
allowing UNSCOM inspectors entry into some Iraqi sites, claiming that the
team is dominated by US nationals.
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Date:
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23
Jan. 1998
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Keywords:
|
UN,
Iraq
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Event:
|
The
UN Security Council rejects as unacceptable Iraq's refusal to allow
UNSCOM inspections.
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Date:
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23
Feb. 1998
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Keywords:
|
UN,
Iraq
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Event:
|
UN
Secretary-General Annan and Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz sign,
in Baghdad, a Memorandum of Understand-ing in which Iraq reaffirms its
acceptance of all relevant UN Security Council resolutions and reiterates
its undertaking to cooperate fully with UNSCOM and the IAEA and to allow
their inspectors immediate, uncondi-tional and unrestricted access to all
sites. The UN reiterates the commitment of all member states to respect
the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq. The MOU is endorsed on
2 Mar. by the UN Security Council in Resolution 1154, which is adopted
unanimously.
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Date:
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20
Feb. 1998
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|
Keywords:
|
UN,
Iraq
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Event:
|
The
UN Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 1153, expanding the 'oil-for-food'
programme for Iraq.
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Date:
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5
Aug. 1998
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Keywords:
|
Iraq,
UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
Iraqi National Assembly votes for an immediate sus-pension of UNSCOM
activities. On 9 Aug. UNSCOM suspends its inspections of new sites.
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Date:
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31
Oct. 1998
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Keywords:
|
Iraq,
UN
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Event:
|
Iraqi
President Hussein announces that Iraq has decided to end all forms of
cooperation with UNSCOM until: the UN Security Council has lifted the UN
sanctions; the chairman of UNSCOM, Butler, is dismissed; and UNSCOM is
restructured in 'a manner that makes it a neutral and professional
institution'.
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|
Date:
|
17-20
Dec. 1998
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Keywords:
|
USA,
UK, Iraq, UN
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Event:
|
The
USA and the UK conduct a series of air-strikes (code-named Desert Fox) to
degrade Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's military capabilities. At a UN
Security Council emergency meeting to consider the military strikes
several members (among them China and Russia) condemn the action.
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|
Date:
|
23
Dec. 1998
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Keywords:
|
Russia,
START II
|
|
Event:
|
To
protest against US-British air-strikes in Iraq, the Russian Duma Council
postpones hearings on START II ratification.
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|
Date:
|
15
Dec. 1998
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Keywords:
|
UNSCOM,
Iraq
|
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Event:
|
In
a report to the UN Security Council, the chairman of UNSCOM, Butler,
accuses Iraqi authorities of having repeatedly obstructed the work of
UNSCOM inspection teams.
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|
Date:
|
9
Sep. 1998
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|
Keywords:
|
UN,
Iraq
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 1194, deciding not to
conduct any further reviews of Iraqi sanctions until Iraq rescinds its
decision to suspend UNSCOM activities (see 5 Aug.).
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|
Date:
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29
Oct. 1997
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|
Keywords:
|
Iraq,
UNSCOM, UN
|
|
Event:
|
In
a letter to the UN Security Council, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Aziz
informs the Security Council that Iraq will only cooperate with the UN
Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) 'provided that no individuals of
American nationality shall participate in any activity of the Special
Commission inside Iraq'. In responding to the letter (on 30 Oct.) the
Council demands that Iraq cooperate fully with UNSCOM in accordance with
the relevant resolutions and without restrictions.
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|
Date:
|
10
Nov. 1997
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|
Keywords:
|
Iraq,
UN
|
|
Event:
|
Iraqi
Deputy Prime Minister Aziz, addressing the UN Security Council, demands
that a timetable be established for ending the sanctions on his country.
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|
Date:
|
12
Nov. 1997
|
|
Keywords:
|
UN,
Iraq
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 1137, demanding that
Iraq rescind immediately its decision expressed in its letter of 29 Oct.
and that it cooperate fully and without conditions or restrictions with
UNSCOM. The full inspection team returns to Iraq on 21 Nov.
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|
Date:
|
21-23
June 1996
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|
Keywords:
|
Middle
East
|
|
Event:
|
A
summit meeting of the Arab states (Iraq is not invited) is held in Cairo.
The leaders state that for the peace process to continue Israel must withdraw
from all occupied Pales-tinian territories, including Arab Jerusalem, the
Syrian Golan heights, and southern Lebanon and its Western Bekaa to
enable the Palestinian people to establish an independent state with Arab
Jerusalem as its capital.
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Date:
|
17
Aug. 1995
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|
Keywords:
|
Iraq;
UNSCOM; BW
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|
Event:
|
At
an UNSCOM meeting in Baghdad, Iraq discloses for the first time that it
has a full-scale programme for the development of biological weapons
(after two of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's sons-in-law had defected
to Jordan, on 8 Aug.).
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Date:
|
12
Feb. 1994
|
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Keywords:
|
Iraq;
Fissile material; UN
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|
Event:
|
The
final consignment of highly enriched uranium (HEU) is removed from Iraq,
thus completing the removal of declared stocks of nuclear weapon-grade
material from Iraq, according to UN Security Council Resolution 687 of 3
Apr. 1991.
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Date:
|
9
June 1994
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|
Keywords:
|
NATO;
Nuclear weapons; CBW; NACC; PFP; Peacekeeping
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|
Event:
|
The
North Atlantic Council, meeting in Istanbul, issues a document on the
'Alliance Policy Framework on Prolifer-a-tion of Weapons of Mass
Destruction', which states that in the light of recent events in Iraq and
North Korea NATO will seek, if necessary, to improve its defence
capabilities to protect NATO territory, populations and forces against
the use of weapons of mass destruction. The Political-Military Steering
Committee of the PFP and the Ad Hoc Group on Co-operation in Peacekeeping
should closely coordinate their work, and later in the year these bodies
should merge to serve as the main NACC-PFP forum for consultations on
political and conceptual issues related to peacekeeping.
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|
Date:
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14
June 1994
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Keywords:
|
UN;
CW; Iraq
|
|
Event:
|
The
UNSCOM Chemical Destruction Group concludes its activities after having
fulfilled the Commission's mandate to eliminate Iraq's declared chemical
weapons stockpile.
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Date:
|
13
Nov. 1994
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|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq transmits a letter to the UN Security
Council enclosing a Revolution Command Council Decision of 10 Nov., signed
by President Saddam Hussein, and a Declaration of the Iraqi National
Assembly (also of 10 Nov.), confirming Iraq's recognition of the
sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of Kuwait,
and of the international boundary between Iraq and Kuwait as demarcated
by the UN Iraq-Kuwait Bound-ary Demarcation Commission, and also
confirming Iraq's respect for the inviolability of that boundary, in
accor-dance with UN Security Council Resolution 833 (1993). (On 14 Nov.
the UN Security Council decides to continue the sanctions against Iraq.)
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Date:
|
25
Mar. 1992
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|
Keywords:
|
Iraq;
Nuclear weapons
|
|
Event:
|
The
IAEA announces its decision to destroy Iraqi facilities and equipment
designed for producing nuclear devices. (The demolition takes place on 13
Apr.)
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|
Date:
|
12
Jan. 1991
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|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
USA
|
|
Event:
|
The
US Congress authorizes the Administration to use force against Iraq.
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|
Date:
|
17
Jan. (GMT) 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN; USA
|
|
Event:
|
US-led
multinational Coalition forces begin an air offen-sive against Iraq.
Iraqi tar-gets in Kuwait and Iraq are attacked.
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|
Date:
|
17
Jan. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
Israel
|
|
Event:
|
The
first Iraqi Scud missiles hit Israel.
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|
Date:
|
15
Feb. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
Iraq
offers to withdraw from Kuwait, provided that Israel withdraws from
Palestine and Arab territories, the multi-national Coalition forces
withdraw from the Gulf region within one month after a cease-fire is
declared, all UN Security Council resolutions on the conflict are annulled
and eco-nomic sanctions lifted, Iraq is paid for repara-tion of the
damage caused by the Coalition forces, and all Iraqi debts are cancelled.
The offer is immediately dis-missed by the Coalition.
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|
Date:
|
21
Feb. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
USSR
|
|
Event:
|
A
Soviet plan for peace in the Gulf area is accepted by Iraq. It includes a
full and unconditional withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait beginning
on the second day after the cessation of hostilities. UN sanctions would
cease to apply when two-thirds of Iraqi forces are withdrawn, and the
withdrawal is to be completed within 21 days.
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|
Date:
|
22
Feb. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
USA
|
|
Event:
|
The
USA gives an ultimatum that, unless Iraq starts to withdraw from Kuwait
on 23 Feb. and complete the with-drawal within seven days, the Coalition
will start a ground offensive.
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|
Date:
|
24
Feb. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
As
Iraq does not observe the ultimatum of 22 Feb., the Coalition forces
begin a ground offensive against Iraq.
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Date:
|
25
Feb. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait
|
|
Event:
|
Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein orders Iraqi armed forces to with-draw from
Kuwait.
|
|
Date:
|
26
Feb. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait
|
|
Event:
|
Iraqi
forces begin to withdraw from Kuwait.
|
|
Date:
|
27
Feb. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
Iraqi Government informs the UN that it uncondition-al-ly accepts all 12
UN Security Council resolutions on Kuwait.
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|
Date:
|
28
Feb. (GMT) 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN; USA
|
|
Event:
|
President
Bush announces that Kuwait is liberated and allied military action
suspended.
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|
Date:
|
2
Mar. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council adopts Resolution 686, calling on Iraq to take the
necessary measures which would per-mit a definitive end to the
hostilities in the Gulf region. (Cuba votes against; China, India and
Yemen abstain.)
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|
Date:
|
3
Apr. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
NBC; UN; IAEA
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council adopts Resolution 687 declaring that a cease-fire
would be effective between Iraq and Kuwait and the states co-operating
with Kuwait in accor-dance with UN Security Resolution 678 of 29 Nov.
1990. The UN Secretary-General is requested to submit a plan for the
immediate deployment of UN observers to monitor a demilitarized zone on
both sides of the Kuwait-Iraq border. Iraq should unconditionally accept
the destruction, removal or rendering harmless of all its CBW and its
bal-listic missiles with a range of over 150 km and should submit within
15 days a declaration of all such weapons possessed by Iraq as well as
Iraqi nuclear-weapons usable material and related facilities. A UN
Special Commission (UNSCOM) should be established to carry out on-site
inspections of the above items. The IAEA is requested to carry out, in
co-operation with UNSCOM, immediate on-site inspection of Iraqi nuclear
capabilities. (Cuba votes against; Yemen and Ecuador abstain from
voting.)
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|
Date:
|
6
Apr. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
Iraq
notifies the UN Secretary-General and the Security Council of its
official acceptance of the provi-sions of Reso-lu-tion 687, and a formal
cease-fire thereby takes effect between Iraq and Kuwait and the UN member
states co-operating with Kuwait in the Coali-tion force.
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|
Date:
|
9
Apr. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council unanimously adopts Resolu-tion 689 providing for the
establishment of a UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM). (See 3
Apr.)
|
|
Date:
|
18
Apr. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq;
UN; CBW; IAEA
|
|
Event:
|
In
accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 687, Iraq reports that all
its nuclear material remains under IAEA control. It submits reports
listing its stock of ballis-tic missiles and CW and states that it does
not possess binary CW nor BW. It informs that it has now rat-ified the BW
Convention. (UNSCOM decides that the list is not complete. A declaration,
admitting the possession of some nuclear material and facilities in
addition to those known to the IAEA, is submitted on 27 Apr. On 16 May
Iraq sub-mits an expanded list of items listed in Resolution 687.)
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|
Date:
|
20
May 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council adopts Resolution 692 approv-ing the establishment of
a compensation fund to be financed by Iraq's oil exports to pay damages
incurred by foreign governments, nationals and corporations during the
Gulf War. (Cuba abstains from voting.)
|
|
Date:
|
17
June 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq;
IAEA; UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council adopts Resolution 699, approv-ing the IAEA plan for
the destruction, removal or render-ing harmless of Iraq's nuclear-weapon
usable material and related facilities. (See 3 Apr.)
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|
Date:
|
30
June-3 July 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq;
UN; IAEA
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council dispatches a high-level mission, including the
Chairman of the Special Commission (UNSCOM), the Director-General of the
IAEA and the UN Under Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, to
Baghdad to discuss Iraq's non-compliance with Resolu-tion 687 and refusal
of access during inspections.
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|
Date:
|
7
July 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq;
NPT; IAEA
|
|
Event:
|
Iraq
submits information to the IAEA indicating that it has violated the
Non-Proliferation Treaty by engaging in unsafeguarded nuclear activities,
specifically uranium enrichment with calutrons.
|
|
Date:
|
18
July 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq;
IAEA; NPT
|
|
Event:
|
The
IAEA declares that Iraq has violated its safeguards agreements with the
Agency under the Non-Proliferation Treaty by not sub-mitting nuclear
material and relevant facilities in its ura-nium enrichment programme to
IAEA inspection.
|
|
Date:
|
15
Aug. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
UN;
Iraq; IAEA; NBC
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council unanimously adopts Resolu-tion 707, demand-ing that
Iraq provide full disclosure of its pro-grammes to develop weapons of
mass destruction and their missiles and to halt all nuclear activities
except those for isotopes for medical and agricultural purposes, until it
has com-plied with UN Security Council Resolution 687 and its IAEA
safeguards agreement.
|
|
Date:
|
8
Oct. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq;
IAEA; UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
IAEA director informs the UN Security Council that the sixth UN
inspection team to Iraq has found documents showing that a programme to
produce lithium 6 has been conducted by Iraq. A small quantity of lithium
has already been produced, and large-scale production was planned.
|
|
Date:
|
11
Oct. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
UN;
Iraq; NBC
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council unanimously adopts Resolu-tion 715, approving plans
aimed at eliminating Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and
monitoring Iraq's compliance with Resolutions 687 and 707. (See 3 Apr.
and 15 Aug.)
|
|
Date:
|
23
Oct. 1991
|
|
Keywords:
|
UN;
Iraq
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) presents its report to the UN Security
Council. The inspections carried out in Iraq have uncovered a vast amount
of data and material indicating one of the largest military production
pro-grammes in the developing world.
|
|
Date:
|
1
Apr. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq;
Nuclear weapons; CW
|
|
Event:
|
In
a speech Iraqi President Saddam Hussein states that Iraq does not need an
atomic bomb since it possesses binary chemical weapons.
|
|
Date:
|
15
July 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait
|
|
Event:
|
In
a memorandum to the Arab League Secretary the Iraqi Foreign Minister
states that since the outbreak of the Iraq-Iran War in 1980 Kuwait has
stolen vast amounts of oil from Iraq and that Iraq has the right to
retrieve these funds. He also accuses Kuwait of having encroached upon
Iraqi territory.
|
|
Date:
|
18
July 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait
|
|
Event:
|
In
a reaction to the Iraqi memorandum of 15 July the Kuwaiti Foreign
Minister states to the Arab League that the Iraqi charges have no factual
basis. The Kuwaiti Army is placed on a state of alert.
|
|
Date:
|
2
Aug. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait
|
|
Event:
|
Iraqi
troops cross the border of Kuwait and occupy the country. Kuwait's emir
flees to Saudi Arabia. The Iraqi President accuses Kuwait of stealing oil
from Iraq and forcing down oil prices through overproduction.
|
|
Date:
|
2
Aug. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution No. 660 condemning
Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. It demands Iraq to withdraw immediately and
uncondition-ally. (Yemen does not participate in the vote.)
|
|
Date:
|
5
Aug. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
ICO;
Iraq/Kuwait
|
|
Event:
|
The
Islamic Conference Organization (ICO), meeting in Cairo, issues a
communique condemning Iraqi aggression against Kuwait. It demands the
withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwaiti territory.
|
|
Date:
|
6
Aug. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council adopts Resolution No. 661 calling upon all states to
take appropriate measures to pro-tect the legitimate Government of
Kuwait. (Cuba and Yemen abstain from voting.)
|
|
Date:
|
8
Aug. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait
|
|
Event:
|
Iraq
declares that Kuwait is part of Iraq and declares full unity between the
two countries.
|
|
Date:
|
8
Aug. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait:
USA; UK
|
|
Event:
|
The
US President announces that he has ordered US military units to take up
defensive positions in Saudi Arabia to assist the Saudi Government in the
wake of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The UK sends additional air and naval
units to Saudi Arabia.
|
|
Date:
|
9
Aug. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution No. 662 declaring
Iraq's annexation of Kuwait null and void.
|
|
Date:
|
10
Aug. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
Arab League
|
|
Event:
|
An
emergency summit meeting of the Arab League is held in Cairo. A decision is
taken to send an Arab expedi-tionary force to Saudi Arabia (21 members
vote in favour, 3 vote against, 3 have reservations, 2 abstain and 1 is
absent).
|
|
Date:
|
14
Aug. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iran/Iraq
War
|
|
Event:
|
In
a letter to the President of Iran, Iraq accepts the terms for a
comprehensive peace plan based on the implementa-tion of UN Security
Council Resolution No. 598 of 1987.
|
|
Date:
|
18
Aug. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution No. 664 demanding that Iraq
permit and facilitate the immediate departure from Iraq and Kuwait of
nationals of third countries and that Iraq rescind its order for the
clos-ing of diplomatic and consular missions in Kuwait.
|
|
Date:
|
25
Aug. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council adopts Resolution No. 665 giving states the right to
enforce the economic embargo against Iraq by allowing them to halt
shipping to and from Iraq. (Cuba and Yemen abstain from voting.)
|
|
Date:
|
9
Sep. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
USA; USSR; UN
|
|
Event:
|
President
Bush and President Gorbachev, meeting in Helsinki, declare that nothing
short of the complete implementation of the UN Security Council's
resolutions on Iraq is acceptable to them or to the world community.
|
|
Date:
|
13
Sep. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council adopts Resolution No. 666 reaffirming that Iraq
remains fully responsible for the safety and well-being of third-state
nationals in accordance with international humanitarian law. (Cuba and
Yemen vote against.)
|
|
Date:
|
16
Sep. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution No. 667 condemning
Iraq's aggressive acts against diplomatic premises and personnel in
Kuwait.
|
|
Date:
|
24
Sep. 1990
|
|
Keywords:
|
Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
|
|
Event:
|
The
UN Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution No. 669 on the task of
examining requests for assistance under Article 50 of the UN Charter to
states involved in implementing the sanctions which are suffering from
their application.
|
|
Date:
|
25
Sep. 1990
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Keywords:
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Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
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Event:
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The
UN Security Council adopts Resolution No. 670 spelling out the obligation
to apply sanctions on all means of transport into Iraq, including
aircraft. (Cuba votes against.)
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Date:
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29
Oct. 1990
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Keywords:
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Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
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Event:
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The
UN Security Council adopts Resolution No. 674 demanding that the Iraqi
authorities and occupying forces immediately cease and desist from the
taking of third-state national hostages and ensure the immediate access
to food, water and basic services necessary to the protection and
well-being of Kuwaiti nationals and of nationals of third states in
Kuwait and Iraq, including the personnel of diplomatic and consular
missions in Kuwait. (Cuba and Yemen abstain.)
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Date:
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8
Nov. 1990
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Keywords:
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Iraq/Kuwait;
USA
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Event:
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President
Bush orders a doubling of the US troops deployed in the Persian Gulf
area.
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Date:
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28
Nov. 1990
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Keywords:
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Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
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Event:
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The
UN Security Council adopts Resolution No. 677 condemning Iraq's attempt
to alter the demographic com-position of the Kuwaiti population and to
destroy civil records. (Cuba and Yemen vote against; China abstains from
voting.)
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Date:
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29
Nov. 1990
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Keywords:
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Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
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Event:
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The
UN Security Council adopts Resolution No. 678, allowing Iraq a final
opportunity to withdraw from Kuwait and restore Kuwait's legitimate
government by 15 Jan. 1991, after which 'all necessary means' may be used
to force Iraqi compliance with UN resolutions. (Cuba and Yemen vote
against; China abstains.)
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Date:
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18
Dec. 1990
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Keywords:
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Iraq/Kuwait;
UN
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Event:
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The
UN General Assembly adopts a resolution condemn-ing Iraq's invasion of
Kuwait and its serious violation of human rights against the Kuwaiti
people and third-state nationals, in violation of the UN Charter and the
interna-tional Covenants on Human Rights.
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