United Nations Security Council Resolution 706

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 706 was a 1991 measure that first authorized limited Iraqi oil sales under UN supervision to fund humanitarian aid and war reparations following the Gulf War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations Security Council resolution ⓘ
international legal instrument ⓘ
abstainedBy Yemen ⓘ
abstentions 1 ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations Security Council ⓘ
aim to alleviate humanitarian needs of the Iraqi civilian population ⓘ
to ensure payment of compensation for losses resulting from Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait ⓘ
authorizedAction UN supervision of Iraqi oil sales ⓘ
deposit of proceeds into a UN-controlled escrow account ⓘ
limited sale of Iraqi petroleum and petroleum products ⓘ
use of oil revenues for compensation to victims of Iraqi aggression ⓘ
use of oil revenues for humanitarian needs in Iraq ⓘ
chapterInvoked Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
code S/RES/706(1991) ⓘ
conflictContext Gulf War ⓘ
countrySubject Iraq ⓘ
dateAdopted 1991-08-15 ⓘ
establishedMechanism UN escrow account for Iraqi oil revenues ⓘ
firstTo authorize Iraqi oil sales under UN supervision after the Gulf War ⓘ
followedBy United Nations Security Council Resolution 712 ⓘ
implementedThrough UN administrative and monitoring arrangements for Iraqi oil exports ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis binding decision under Chapter VII ⓘ
linkedTo Iraq sanctions regime ⓘ
United Nations Compensation Commission ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 705 ⓘ
meetingNumber 3004 ⓘ
monetaryCap 1600000000 United States dollars ⓘ
partOf UN sanctions framework on Iraq after the Gulf War ⓘ
precededBy United Nations Security Council Resolution 705 ⓘ
requires Secretary-General to report on implementation ⓘ
status in force at time of adoption ⓘ
subjectMatter Iraqi oil exports ⓘ
humanitarian assistance to Iraq ⓘ
implementation of sanctions against Iraq ⓘ
war reparations ⓘ
timeFrame six-month period from implementation ⓘ
voteAgainst 1 ⓘ
votedAgainstBy Cuba ⓘ
voteFor 13 ⓘ
yearAdopted 1991 ⓘ

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 707 → follows → United Nations Security Council Resolution 706 ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 707 → precededBy → United Nations Security Council Resolution 706 ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 → precededBy → United Nations Security Council Resolution 706 ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 706 → code → S/RES/706(1991) ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Security Council Resolution 706
United Nations Security Council Resolution 712 → follows → United Nations Security Council Resolution 706 ⓘ