Security Council Resolution 620 (1988) [on Chemical Weapons Use in the Conflict Between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran]

S/RES/620(1988)View PDF

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A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 8 The situation between Iran and Iraq, published in 1988.

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2 documents · 1988

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1988	S/RES/620(1988)	Security Council resolution 620 (1988) [on chemical weapons use in the conflict between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran]	392	–
1988	S/RES/612(1988)	Security Council resolution 612 (1988) [on chemical weapons use in the conflict between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran]	210	–

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7 subjects

Armed Conflicts Biological Weapons Chemical Weapons Use Chemicals Export Restrictions Iran (Islamic Republic Of)Iraq

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4 operative paragraphs

Condemns resolutely the use of chemical weapons in the conflict between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq, in violation of obligations under the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, signed at Geneva on 17 June 1925, ,. and in defiance of its resolution 612 (1988);

Encourages the Secretary-General to carry out promptly investigations in response to allegations brought to his attention by any Member State concerning the possible use of chemical and bacteriological (biological) or toxic weapons that may constitute a violation of the 1925 Geneva Protocol or other relevant rules of customary international law, in order to ascertain the facts of the matter, and to report the results;

Calls upon all States to continue to apply, to establish or to strengthen strict control of the export of chemical products serving for the production of chemical weapons, in particular to parties to a conflict, when it is established or when there is substantial reason to believe that they have used chemical weapons in violation of international obligations;

Decides to consider immediately, taking into account the investigations of the Secretary-General, appropriate and effective measures in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, should there be any future use of chemical weapons in violation of international law, wherever and by whomever committed.

42 of 26 August 1988 • 1 S/20112.

48 S/20154.

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"'Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-third Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1988, documents S/20060 and Add. I, SI

Adopted unanimously at the 20063 and Add. I and S/20 I 34.

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