UN Security Council Resolution 660

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United Nations Security Council resolution legal instrument

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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Label Occurrences
UN Security Council Resolution 660 canonical 11
S/RES/660(1990) 1
United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations Security Council resolution ⓘ
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 ⓘ
restoration of international peace and security in the area ⓘ
chapterOfUNCharterInvoked Chapter VII ⓘ
concernsCountry Iraq ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
condemns Gulf War ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
demands immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait ⓘ
documentSymbol UN Security Council Resolution 660 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: S/RES/660(1990)
finds breach of international peace and security by Iraq ⓘ
followedBy economic sanctions measures in later resolutions ⓘ
hasTopic collective security ⓘ
sovereignty of states ⓘ
territorial integrity ⓘ
use of force in international relations ⓘ
historicalSignificance key legal foundation for the 1990–1991 Gulf War response ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasisFor international response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait ⓘ
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 ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 662 ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 678 ⓘ
reaffirms inviolability of the borders between Iraq and Kuwait ⓘ
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 Gulf War ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
typeOfMeasure non-military enforcement measure ⓘ
voteResult adopted ⓘ
voteType recorded vote ⓘ
yearOfAdoption 1990 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Gulf War → UNResolution → UN Security Council Resolution 660 ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 678 → reaffirmed → UN Security Council Resolution 660 ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 660 → documentSymbol → UN Security Council Resolution 660 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: S/RES/660(1990)
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 → recalls → UN Security Council Resolution 660 ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 660
UN Security Council Resolution 686 → reaffirms → UN Security Council Resolution 660 ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 677 → recalls → UN Security Council Resolution 660 ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 679 → buildsOn → UN Security Council Resolution 660 ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 664 → recalls → UN Security Council Resolution 660 ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 665 → relatedTo → UN Security Council Resolution 660 ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 667 → recalls → UN Security Council Resolution 660 ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 669 → followUpTo → UN Security Council Resolution 660 ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 670 → relatedTo → UN Security Council Resolution 660 ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 674 → predecessorResolution → UN Security Council Resolution 660 ⓘ