UN Security Council Resolution 660
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UN Security Council Resolution 660 is the 1990 measure by which the UN condemned Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and demanded its immediate withdrawal, laying a key legal foundation for the Gulf War response.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UN Security Council Resolution 660 canonical | 11 |
| S/RES/660(1990) | 1 |
| United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T104981 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UN Security Council Resolution 660 Context triple: [Gulf War, UNResolution, UN Security Council Resolution 660]
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A.
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 is the 2005 UN measure that established January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and urged global education and commemoration of the Holocaust.
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B.
UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262
UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 is a 2014 UN General Assembly measure affirming Ukraine’s territorial integrity and declaring the Crimean referendum and subsequent annexation by Russia to have no validity.
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C.
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 is the 2012 UN measure that upgraded Palestine’s status to that of a non-member observer state, widely seen as a de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood.
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D.
United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council is the UN body responsible for maintaining international peace and security, with the authority to adopt binding resolutions, impose sanctions, and authorize the use of force.
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E.
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a 1947 UN proposal to divide British Mandate Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, laying a key diplomatic foundation for the later establishment of Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UN Security Council Resolution 660 Target entity description: UN Security Council Resolution 660 is the 1990 measure by which the UN condemned Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and demanded its immediate withdrawal, laying a key legal foundation for the Gulf War response.
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A.
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 is the 2005 UN measure that established January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and urged global education and commemoration of the Holocaust.
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B.
UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262
UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 is a 2014 UN General Assembly measure affirming Ukraine’s territorial integrity and declaring the Crimean referendum and subsequent annexation by Russia to have no validity.
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C.
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 is the 2012 UN measure that upgraded Palestine’s status to that of a non-member observer state, widely seen as a de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood.
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D.
United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council is the UN body responsible for maintaining international peace and security, with the authority to adopt binding resolutions, impose sanctions, and authorize the use of force.
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E.
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a 1947 UN proposal to divide British Mandate Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, laying a key diplomatic foundation for the later establishment of Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations Security Council resolution
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legal instrument ⓘ |
| adoptedAt | United Nations Headquarters ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | United Nations Security Council ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1990-08-02 ⓘ |
| appliesTo | member states of the United Nations ⓘ |
| callsFor |
immediate negotiations between Iraq and Kuwait
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restoration of international peace and security in the area ⓘ |
| chapterOfUNCharterInvoked | Chapter VII ⓘ |
| concernsCountry |
Iraq
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Kuwait ⓘ |
| condemns |
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
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linked to:
Gulf War
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| demands | immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait ⓘ |
| documentSymbol |
S/RES/660(1990)
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linked to:
UN Security Council Resolution 660
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| finds | breach of international peace and security by Iraq ⓘ |
| followedBy | economic sanctions measures in later resolutions ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
collective security
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sovereignty of states ⓘ territorial integrity ⓘ use of force in international relations ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key legal foundation for the 1990–1991 Gulf War response ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor |
international response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
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subsequent UN Security Council resolutions on the Gulf crisis ⓘ |
| meetingNumber | 2932 ⓘ |
| notes | letters from the Permanent Representative of Kuwait describing the invasion ⓘ |
| partOf | international legal framework of the Gulf War (1990–1991) ⓘ |
| placeOfAdoption | New York City ⓘ |
| precedes |
UN Security Council Resolution 661
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UN Security Council Resolution 662 ⓘ UN Security Council Resolution 678 ⓘ |
| reaffirms |
inviolability of the borders between Iraq and Kuwait
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sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Kuwait ⓘ |
| relatedConflict | Gulf War ⓘ |
| requires | Iraq to withdraw all its forces to the positions held on 1 August 1990 ⓘ |
| resolutionNumber | 660 ⓘ |
| status | in force ⓘ |
| subject |
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
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linked to:
Gulf War
|
| typeOfMeasure | non-military enforcement measure ⓘ |
| voteResult | adopted ⓘ |
| voteType | recorded vote ⓘ |
| yearOfAdoption | 1990 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: UN Security Council Resolution 660 Description of subject: UN Security Council Resolution 660 is the 1990 measure by which the UN condemned Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and demanded its immediate withdrawal, laying a key legal foundation for the Gulf War response.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: UN Security Council Resolution 660
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441
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recalls
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 660
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linked to: UN Security Council Resolution 660