Security Council Resolution 689 (1991) [on the Un Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission]

S/RES/689(1991)View PDF

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A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 68 The situation between Iraq and Kuwait, published in 1991.

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5 subjects

Iraq Iraq-Kuwait Situation Kuwait Peacekeeping Operations Truce Supervision

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4 operative paragraphs

Approves the report of the Secretary-General of5 and 9 April 1991 on the implementation of paragraph 5 of Security Council resolution 687 (1991);66 2.

Notes that the decision to set up an observer unit was taken in paragraph 5 of resolution 687 (1991) and that the unit can be terminated only by a further decision of the Council; the Council shall therefore review the question of its temiination or continuation every six months;

Decides that the modalities for the initial six-month period of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission shall be in accordance with the above-mentioned report and shall also be reviewed every six months.

Decisions In a letter dated 9 April 199167 addressed to the President of the Security Council for the attention of the members of the Council, the Secretary-General referred to his report of S and 9 April 199166 concerning proposed arrangements for the establishment of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission, which had been approved by the Council by its resolution 689 (1991) of 9 April 1991. In paragraph 4 (a) of that report, he had stated that the command of the Mission would be exercised by a Chief Military Observer appointed by the Secretary-General with the consent of the Council. The Secretary-General informed the President of his intention, with the consent of the Council, to appoint Major-General Gunther Greindl (Austria) as Chief Military Observer.

By a letter dated 10 April 1991,68 the President of the Security Council infonned the Secretary-General as follows:

"I have the honour to inform you that your letter dated 9 April 199167 concerning your proposal to appoint Major-General Gunther Greindl (Austria) as Chief Military Observer of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission has been brought to the attention of the members of the Security Council. They considered the matter on 10 April 1991 and agreed with the proposal contained in your letter."

In a letter dated 11 April 1991,69 the President of the Council informed the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the Umted Nations as follows:

"I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your communication dated 6 April 1991'10• "You thereby transmit to me the letter addressed to me by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, the penultimate paragraph of which contains official notification of the acceptance, irrevocable and without qualifying conditions, by Iraq of resolution 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991, in accordance with paragraph 33 of that resolution.

"You have subsequently confirmed to me on behalf of your Government, during our meeting on 8 April 1991,

that the above-mentioned letter constitutes Iraq's irrevocable and unqualified acceptance of resolution 687 (1991)

in accordance with paragraph 33 of that resolution. You have also transmitted to me, by your letter of 10 April 1991,

71 the acceptance by Iraq's National Assembly on 6 April 1991 of the aforesaid resolution and confirmed to me, in the name of your Government, that the Revolutionary Command Council has used its constitutional powers to make this decision legally binding in the Republic of Iraq.

"The members of the Security Council have, accordingly, asked me to note that the conditions established in paragraph 33 of resolution 687 (1991) have been met and that the formal cease-fire referred to in that paragraph is therefore effective.

"The members of the Council welcome this development as a positive step towards the full implementation of resolution 687 ( 199 l J-°' In a letter dated 11 April 199172 addressed to the President of the Security Council for the attention of the members of the Council, the Secretary-General referred to Council resolutions 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991 and 689 (1991) of 9 April 1991, in which the Council had decided to set up the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission. He stated that he intended to proceed without delay with the deployment of the Mission.

Having consulted the parties, the Secretary-General proposed that the Mission be composed of contingents from the following Member States, all of whom had expressed their readiness in principle to make the necessary personnel available: Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Union of Soviet Sociali~t Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay and Venezuela. He stated that the Government of Switzerland had also informed him of its readiness to contribute to the Mission.

In a letter dated 12 April 1991,73 the President of the Council infom1ed the Secretary-General as follows:

"I have the honour to inforn1 you that your letter dated 11 April 199172 concerning the proposed composition of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission has been brought to the attention of the members of the Security Council. They considered the matter on 12 April 1991 and agreed with the proposal contained in your letter."

On 18 April 1991 the Secretary-General submitted his report on the implementation of paragraph 9 (b) (i) of Security Council resolution 687 (1991).74 in which the Council had decided that the Secretary-General should submit to it, for approval, a plan calling, inter alia, for the forming of a special commission to carry out the tasks enumerated in paragraphs 9

(i-iii), 10 and 13. The report of the Secretary-General contained his proposal, subject to the approval of the Council, for setting up of a special commission and for making all necessary arrangements for the commission to begin implementation of its tasks.

In a letter dated 19 April 1991,75 the President of the Council informed the Secretary-General as follows:

Adopted at the 2981st mttting by 11 voles to 1 (Cuba) with '} abstention.,

(Ecuador, Ymien).

of 9 April 1991

Adopted unanimously at the 2983rd meeting.

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