Tracking Number: 217738
Title: "Security Council Says Iraq Violating Cease-Fire Terms." The Council has accepted the conclusions of the report of its Special Commission which was dispatched to Iraq to
implement the terms of UN resolutions requiring the destruction of ballistic missile-related equipment and development programs but was refused cooperation. (920301)
Date: 19920301
Text:
*SUF702
03/01/92
SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS IRAQ VIOLATING CEASE-FIRE TERMS (Transcript: 2/28 Statement) (600) United Nations -- The following is the text of a February 28 Presidential statement issued by the U.N. Security Council concerning the refusal of Iraq to abide by the cease-fire terms of the Gulf War.
(BEGIN TEXT) The members of the Security Council express their gratitude to the Secretary-General for the report submitted to the Council on 27 February 1992 (S/23643), transmitting the results of the special mission dispatched to Iraq by the Secretary-General pursuant to the statement of the President of the Council of 19 February 1992 (S/23609). The members of the Council approve in full the conclusions of the special mission as contained in the report and in particular its finding that Iraq is not prepared to give its unconditional agreement to implement all of its obligations under resolutions 687 (1991), 707 (1991) and 715 (1991).
The members of the Council deplore and condemn the failure of the Government of Iraq to provide the special mission with full, final and complete disclosure, as required by resolution 707 (1991), of all aspects of its programmes to develop weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles with a range greater than 150 kilometres, including launchers, and of all holdings of such weapons, their components and production facilities and locations, as well as all other nuclear programmes; and the failure of Iraq to comply with the plans for ongoing monitoring and verification (S/22871/Rev.1 and S/22872/Rev.1 and Corr.1) approved by resolution 715 (1991). In a statement made on 19 February 1992 prior to the dispatch of the special mission to Iraq the Council noted that Iraq's behaviour constituted a material breach of the resolution 687 (1991). Regrettably this continues to be the case.
Furthermore, the members of the Council equally deplore and condemn Iraq's failure, within the time prescribed by the Special Commission at the request of Iraq, to commence destruction of ballistic missile-related equipment designated for destruction by the Special Commission. The members of the Council reaffirm that it is for the Special Commission alone to determine which items must be destroyed under paragraph 9 of resolution 687 (1991). Therefore, the Government of Iraq's letter of 28 February 1992 to the Executive Chairman of the Special Commission is unacceptable. Iraq's refusal to implement the determinations of the Special Commission constitutes a further material breach of the relevant provisions of resolution 687 (1991).
The members of the Council demand that Iraq immediately implement all its obligations under Council resolution 687 (1991) and subsequent resolutions on Iraq. The members of the Council require the Government of Iraq to communicate directly to the Council without further delay an authoritive and unconditional acknowledgement of its agreement to accept and implement the above noted obligations, including specifically to comply with the determination of the Special Commission requiring the destruction of ballistic missile-related equipment. The members of the Council emphasize that Iraq must be aware of the serious consequences of continued material breaches of resolution 687 (1991).
The members of the Council note that an Iraqi delegation is prepared to come to New York as soon as it is invited to do so. The members of the Council have asked its President to extend such an invitation to the delegation to come to New York without further delay. The members of the Council intend in any event to continue their consideration of this question no later than the week beginning 9 March 1992.
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File Identification: 03/01/92, SU-702; 03/02/92, NX-102
Product Name: Wireless File
Product Code: WF
Keywords: IRAQ/Defense & Military; MISSILES; UNITED
NATIONS-SECURITY COUNCIL
Document Type: TXT
Thematic Codes: 1NE
Target Areas: AF; AR; EA; EU; NE
PDQ Text Link: 217738
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