Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s

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Iraq–United Nations relations event diplomatic conflict international crisis

The Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s was a prolonged standoff between Iraq and the United Nations over weapons inspections and compliance with disarmament obligations imposed after the Gulf War.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s canonical	3
Iraq conflict (post–Gulf War)	1
Iraq disarmament crisis	1
Iraq to accept on-site inspection and monitoring	1
United Nations sanctions and disarmament regime on Iraq after the Gulf War	1
United Nations weapons inspections in Iraq	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iraq–United Nations relations event ⓘ diplomatic conflict ⓘ international crisis ⓘ
characterizedBy	Iraqi obstruction of inspections ⓘ disputes over access to presidential sites ⓘ intelligence-gathering controversies ⓘ sanctions-linked humanitarian concerns ⓘ
conflictBetween	Iraq ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
contextOf	Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ
endTime	late 1990s ⓘ
hasCause	Iraqi defeat in the 1991 Gulf War ⓘ UN Security Council disarmament resolutions ⓘ
hasComponent	IAEA nuclear inspections in Iraq ⓘ Iraqi declarations of weapons programs ⓘ UNSCOM inspections ⓘ diplomatic negotiations ⓘ no-fly zones over Iraq ⓘ periodic military strikes ⓘ sanctions enforcement ⓘ
involves	France ⓘ International Atomic Energy Agency ⓘ surface form: IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency ⓘ Russia ⓘ Saddam Hussein ⓘ UN Special Commission ⓘ UN Special Commission ⓘ surface form: UNSCOM United Kingdom ⓘ United Nations Security Council ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalBasis	United Nations Security Council Resolution 1154 ⓘ United Nations Security Council Resolution 1194 ⓘ United Nations Security Council Resolution 1194 ⓘ surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1205 UN Security Council Resolution 687 ⓘ surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 United Nations Security Council Resolution 707 ⓘ United Nations Security Council Resolution 715 ⓘ United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 ⓘ
location	Iraq ⓘ
mainIssue	Iraqi weapons of mass destruction ⓘ UN weapons inspections in Iraq ⓘ
preceded	Iraq War ⓘ surface form: 2003 invasion of Iraq Iraq disarmament crisis of the early 2000s ⓘ
relatedTo	Iraqi ballistic missile program ⓘ Iraqi biological weapons program ⓘ Iraqi chemical weapons program ⓘ Iraqi nuclear weapons program ⓘ
resultedIn	Operation Desert Fox ⓘ continuation of comprehensive UN sanctions on Iraq ⓘ erosion of trust between Iraq and UN inspectors ⓘ
startAfter	Gulf War ⓘ
startTime	1991 ⓘ
subjectOf	UN weapons inspection regime in Iraq ⓘ
timePeriod	1990s ⓘ post–Gulf War era ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Gulf War → followedBy → Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s ⓘ

UN Security Council Resolution 687 → requires → Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraq to accept on-site inspection and monitoring

UN Special Commission → relatedConflict → Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s ⓘ

Oil-for-Food Programme → relatedTo → Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraq disarmament crisis

United Nations Security Council Resolution 715 → partOf → Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations sanctions and disarmament regime on Iraq after the Gulf War

Disarming Iraq → mainSubject → Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations weapons inspections in Iraq

Operation Northern Watch → conflict → Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraq conflict (post–Gulf War)

memorandum of understanding of 23 February 1998 between the United Nations and Iraq → context → Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s ⓘ