UN Security Council eases some sanctions on Iraq over 1990 invasion of Kuwait

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Security Council unanimously adopts resolution, removing Iraq from its obligations under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

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27 June 2013 – Welcoming progress on resolving pending issues from Iraq’s 1990 invasion of its smaller neighbour Kuwait, including finding Kuwaiti or third-country nationals, the United Nations Security Council today eased some of its sanctions against Iraq.

Unanimously adopting a new resolution, the Council called on the Iraqi Government to continue searching for Kuwaiti nationals and property missing since Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion, but terminated provisions in earlier texts that allowed the military enforcement of the measures under Charter VII of the UN Charter.

Recognizing that the situation that now exists in Iraq is significantly different from that which existed at the time of the invasion, the Council decided that the issues of missing people and property will now be handled under Chapter VI of the Charter, which calls for a peaceful resolution of disputes.

Another key provision of the new resolution is the Council’s decision to transfer the mandate formerly assigned to the High-Level Coordinator for Iraq-Kuwait Missing Persons and Property to the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI).

Paragraph 14 of resolution 1284 (1999) requested the appointment of a High-Level Coordinator to report to the Security Council regularly on “compliance by Iraq with its obligations regarding the repatriation or return of all Kuwaiti and third country nationals or their remains” and “the return of all Kuwaiti property, including archives, seized by Iraq.”

The new resolution terminates that measure and in turn calls on the head of UNAMI to “promote, support and facilitate efforts regarding the repatriation or return of all Kuwaiti and third country nationals or their remains, and the return of Kuwaiti property, including the national archives, seized by Iraq.”

Further, the resolution also requests that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon consider designating the deputy chief of UNAMI covering political affairs “with the responsibility for overseeing these issues and ensuring appropriate resources for this purpose.”

Immediately following the action in the Council chamber, Hoshyar Zebari, the Foreign Minister of Iraq, who had attended the meeting, hailed the decision as an “historic landmark” in relations between his country and Kuwait.

He told reporters that the resolution was making “Chapter VII a thing of the past and… concentrating on the present and the future.” Both countries were cooperating in good faith and managed to close all the files on Chapter VII issues.

He added that such cooperation, culminating in the Council’s decision today, could serve not only as “a new beginning for relations between our two brotherly countries,” but also as an example to other nations seeking to settle disputes peacefully.

In the aftermath of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, the Council established the UN Compensation Commission (UNCC), which settles the damage claims of those who suffered losses in the invasion.

As of January of this year, the Commission has disbursed some $40.1 billion for more than 1.5 million successful claims of individuals, corporations, Governments and international organizations, leaving some $12.3 billion remaining to be paid.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=45287&Cr=Iraq&Cr1=Kuwait

Edited June 27, 2013 by dontlop

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UN Security Council eases sanctions and Baghdad paid $ 42 billion in war reparations Kuwait 

Published in: 10:25 am, June 28, 2013 Editor: jamal

 

BAGHDAD (Iba) .. Security Council eased sanctions imposed on Iraq since the invasion of Kuwait, and raising the threat of sanctions on Baghdad or resorting to force the right under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, after paying $ 42 billion compensation.

The UN Security Council adopted Thursday (June 27) a new step towards the lifting of international sanctions imposed on Iraq more than two decades ago, after the invasion of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein of Kuwait in 1990.

The Council approved the 15-member unanimously agreed that the issue of missing Kuwaiti property and records should be handled in accordance with Chapter VI and not VII of the UN Charter. Chapter VI urges Member States to resolve any conflicts by peaceful means.

The move represents an important political support for Baghdad, which is struggling to regain its international status after the success of the US-led invasion of Iraq, the United States in 2003 to overthrow Saddam. The Security Council acknowledged "the importance of Iraq's access to international stature equal to that was well before 1990." And US-led forces expelled Iraq from Kuwait in the Gulf War in 1991.

He said Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said after the vote "This is a new beginning for relations between our two neighboring brotherly countries, It is an example for other countries to solve their disputes and differences through peaceful means." He said Zebari Security Council resolution "an important basis in the history of relations between Iraq and the international community" and between Baghdad and Kuwait .

The United Nations Compensation Fund that Baghdad is paid to Kuwait so far a total of 2.41 billion dollars for compensation for property damage. The IMF said that Kuwait has received 7.14 billion dollars in 2000 compared to losses in production and sales resulting from damage to sustained oil Bhakolha. He stated that the only remaining claim and worth 2.11 billion dollars still exist, and made by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC). The IMF said that the money he received from Iraq, allowing him to pay all the money that has not been paid to Kuwait by 2015.

Diplomats say the only issues related to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, which is still under Chapter VII is an arms embargo and Baghdad paid $ 52 billion dollars in compensation to Kuwait. Iraq still owes eleven billion dollars and said he expected to meet the payments by 2015.

 

Diplomats say that there are still a range of issues related to Chapter VII imposed on Baghdad after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, including the freezing of assets and restore back to the reign of the late President Saddam Hussein and the trade embargo on Iraqi cultural property stolen.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon to take over the political mission of the international organization in Iraq responsibility to facilitate the search for missing Kuwaiti nationals or their remains and property and the country's national records. (End)

Edited June 28, 2013 by yota691

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