Security Council Resolution 706 (1991) [Authorizing States to Permit the Import of Petroleum and Petroleum Products Originating in Iraq Sufficient to Produce a Sum to Be Determined by the Council]

S/RES/706(1991)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 89 The situation between Iraq and Kuwait, published in 1991.

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13 subjects

Budget Contributions Food Supply Humanitarian Assistance Iraq Iraq-Kuwait Situation Kuwait Medical Supplies Payments Arrangements Petroleum Exports Petroleum Revenues Property Reparation War Damage Compensation

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12 operative paragraphs

Authorizes all States, sub_iect to the decision to be taken by the Security Council pursuant to paragraph 5 and notwithstanding the provisions ofparagraphs 3 (a), 3 (b) and 4 of resolution 661 (1990), to permit, for the purposes specified in the present resolution, the import, during a period of six months from the date of adoption of the resolution lJU:rsuant to paragraph 5, of a quantity of petroleum and petroleum prcd- 21

ucts originating in Iraq sufticient to produce a sum to be detennined by the Council following receipt of the reJX)rt of the Secretary-General requested in paragraph 5, a sum, however, not to exceed 1.6 billion United States dollars, subject to the following conditions:

Approval of each purchase of Iraqi petroleum and petroleum products by the Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990) conceming the situation between Iraq and Kuwait, following notification to the Committee by the State concemed;

Direct payment of the full amount of each purchase of lraqi petroleum and petroleurn products by the purchaser in the State concemed into an escrow account to be established by the United Nations and administered hy the Secretary-General exclusively to meet the purposes of this resolution;

Approval by the Council, following the reJX)rt of the Secretary-General requested in paragraph 5, of a scherne for the purchase of foodstuffs, medicines and materials and supplies for essential civilian needs as referred to in paragraph 20 of resolution 687 (1991), in particular health related materials, ail of which to be labelled to the extent possible as being supplied under this scheme, and for ail feasibie and appropriate United Nations monitoring and supervision for the purpose of assuring their equitable distribution to meet humanitarian needs in ail regions of Iraq and to ail categories of the lraqi civilian population, as well as all feasible and appropriate management relevant to this purpose, such a United Nations role to be available if desired for humanitarian assistance from other sources;

The total sum ofpurchases authorized in the present paragraph is to be released by successive decisions of the Committee in three equal portions after the Council bas talcen the decision provided for in paragraph 5 on the implementation of the present resolution; notwithstanding any other provision of the present paragraph, the Council may review the maximum total sum of purchases on the basis of an ongoing assessment of the needs and requirements;

Decides that a part of the sum in the account administered by the Secretary-C'-reneral shall be made available to him to finance the purchase of foodstuffs, medicines and materials and supplies for essential civilian needs, as referred to in paragraph 20 of resolution 687 (1991), and to cover the cost to the United Nations of its activities under the present resolution and of other necessary humanitarian activities in Iraq;

Decides also that a part of the sum deposited in the account administered by the Secretary-General shall be used by him for appropriate payments to the United Nations Compensation Fund and to cover the full costs of carrying out the tasks authorized by section C of resolution 687 (1991), the full r,ests incurred by the United Nations in facilitating the retum of ail Kuwaiti property seized by Iraq, and half the costs of the Iraq- Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission;

Decides further that the percentage of the value of exports of petroleurn and petroleum products from Iraq authorized under the present resolution to be paid to the Compensation Fund, as called for in paragraph 19 of resolution 687 (1991) and as defined in paragraph 6 of resolution 692 (1991), shall be the same as the percentage decided by the Council in paragraph 2 of resolution 705 (1991) for payments to the Fund, until such time as the Goveming C0uncil of the Fund decides otherwise;

Requests the Secretary-C',eneral to submil to th,· 5. Council, within twenty days of the date of adoption of the present resolution, a reJX)rt suggesting decisions to be taken on measures to implemcnt paragraphs t (a), (h) and (c), on estimates of the humanitarian requirements of Iraq set out in paragraph 2 and on the amount of lraq's financial obligations set out in paragraph 3 up to the end of the period of the authorizatton in paragraph 1, as well as on the mcthod for

taking the necessary legal mcac;ures to ensure that the purposes of the present resolution are carried out and the method fr,!.

taking account of the costs oftransJX)rtation oflraqi pctroleurn and petroleurn products;

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Also requests the Secretary-General, in ,;onsultation with the International Committee of the Red Cross, to subm1t to the Council within twenty days of the date of adoption ufthc present resolution a report on activities undertaken in accord-· ance with paragraph 31 of resolution 687 (1991) in connection with facilitating the repatriation or retum of ail Kuwaiti and third-State nationals or their remains present in Iraq on or after 2 August 1990;

Calfs upon the Govcmment of Iraq to prov1de Lo the Secretary-General and appropriate international organizations on the first day of the month immcdiately following the adoption of the present resolution and on the first day of each month thereafter until further notice, a detailed statement of the gold and foreign currcncy reserves it holds, whether in Iraq or elsewhere;

Calls upon ail States to cooperate fully in the implcmentation of the present resolution;

Decide.~ to remain seized of the matter.

Adopted at the 3004th mœti,rg by J J

of 15 AIJl!Usl 1991

of 15 August 1991

voles to 1 ( C.uba) with J abstenlio,,

(Yemm). of 1!! AlJIIUlll 1991

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