UN Security Council Resolution 687

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United Nations Security Council resolution ceasefire agreement disarmament measure

UN Security Council Resolution 687 is the landmark 1991 measure that set the ceasefire terms for Iraq after the Gulf War, imposing disarmament obligations, sanctions, and weapons inspections.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
United Nations Security Council Resolution 687	22
UN Security Council Resolution 687 canonical	3
Iraq–Kuwait ceasefire resolution	1

How this entity was disambiguated

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: UN Security Council Resolution 687
Context triple: [Gulf War, UNResolution, UN Security Council Resolution 687]

A. UN Security Council Resolution 678
UN Security Council Resolution 678 was the 1990 UN measure that authorized member states to use "all necessary means," including military force, to compel Iraq’s withdrawal from Kuwait, effectively providing the legal basis for the Gulf War coalition.
B. UN Security Council Resolution 660
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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
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 687
Target entity description: UN Security Council Resolution 687 is the landmark 1991 measure that set the ceasefire terms for Iraq after the Gulf War, imposing disarmament obligations, sanctions, and weapons inspections.

A. UN Security Council Resolution 678
UN Security Council Resolution 678 was the 1990 UN measure that authorized member states to use "all necessary means," including military force, to compel Iraq’s withdrawal from Kuwait, effectively providing the legal basis for the Gulf War coalition.
B. UN Security Council Resolution 660
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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations Security Council resolution ⓘ ceasefire agreement ⓘ disarmament measure ⓘ
abstentionBy	Ecuador ⓘ Yemen ⓘ
abstentions	2 ⓘ
acronymRelated	UNSCOM ⓘ linked to: UN Special Commission
addresses	compensation for losses and damage resulting from Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait ⓘ demarcation of the Iraq–Kuwait border ⓘ return of Kuwaiti property seized by Iraq ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Iraq–Kuwait ceasefire resolution ⓘ linked to: UN Security Council Resolution 687
assignsRoleTo	International Atomic Energy Agency ⓘ
bindingOn	all UN Member States ⓘ
chapterOfUNCharter	Chapter VII ⓘ
conditionsLiftingOfSanctionsOn	Iraqi compliance with disarmament obligations ⓘ
conflictContext	Gulf War ⓘ
countryTarget	Iraq ⓘ
dateAdopted	1991-04-03 ⓘ
establishes	United Nations Compensation Commission ⓘ United Nations Special Commission ⓘ linked to: UN Special Commission a special commission for weapons inspections in Iraq ⓘ formal ceasefire conditions between Iraq and Kuwait ⓘ
follows	UN Security Council Resolution 686 ⓘ
imposes	economic sanctions on Iraq ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasisFor	continuation of sanctions against Iraq in the 1990s ⓘ long-term UN weapons inspection regime in Iraq ⓘ
linkedTo	Iraqi acceptance on 1991-04-06 ⓘ
onlyNegativeVoteBy	Cuba ⓘ
precedes	UN Security Council Resolution 688 ⓘ linked to: United Nations Security Council Resolution 688
requires	Iraq to accept on-site inspection and monitoring ⓘ linked to: Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s Iraq to accept the boundary with Kuwait as decided by the UN ⓘ Iraq to eliminate its biological weapons ⓘ Iraq to eliminate its chemical weapons ⓘ Iraq to eliminate its nuclear weapons program ⓘ Iraq to pay compensation for damage caused by its invasion of Kuwait ⓘ Iraq to submit declarations of its weapons programs ⓘ Iraq to unconditionally accept the destruction, removal, or rendering harmless of its weapons of mass destruction ⓘ
resolutionNumber	687 ⓘ
states	that a formal ceasefire would come into effect upon Iraqi acceptance of the resolution ⓘ
subjectMatter	Iraqi disarmament ⓘ post-war security arrangements in the Persian Gulf ⓘ sanctions regime on Iraq ⓘ weapons of mass destruction ⓘ
voteAgainst	1 ⓘ
voteFor	12 ⓘ
yearAdopted	1991 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gulf War → UNResolution → UN Security Council Resolution 687 ⓘ

Iraqi no-fly zone enforcement → legalBasisClaimed → United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 ⓘ