UN Security Council Resolution 678

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United Nations Security Council resolution legal instrument

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
UN Security Council Resolution 678 canonical 4
United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 4

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations Security Council resolution ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
abstaining China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
abstentions 1 ⓘ
actingUnder Article 42 of the UN Charter (implicitly via Chapter VII) ⓘ
authorizedMemberStates to use all necessary means after 1991-01-15 if Iraq did not comply ⓘ
authorizedUseOfForce all necessary means ⓘ
military force ⓘ
chapterInvoked Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
conflictContext Gulf War ⓘ
surface form: 1990–1991 Gulf crisis

Gulf War ⓘ
countryConcerned Kuwait ⓘ
countryTargeted Iraq ⓘ
dateAdopted 1990-11-29 ⓘ
deadlineForCompliance 1991-01-15 ⓘ
demanded Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait ⓘ
compliance with subsequent relevant Security Council resolutions on Iraq–Kuwait ⓘ
full implementation of Resolution 660 (1990) ⓘ
followedBy UN Security Council Resolution 679 ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
meetingNumber 2963 ⓘ
number 678 ⓘ
organ United Nations Security Council ⓘ
partOfSeries United Nations Security Council resolutions 601 to 700 ⓘ
precededBy UN Security Council Resolution 677 ⓘ
providedLegalBasisFor Operation Desert Storm ⓘ
US-led coalition military action against Iraq in 1991 ⓘ
reaffirmed UN Security Council Resolution 660 ⓘ
previous resolutions on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait ⓘ
recognized continuing occupation of Kuwait by Iraq as a threat to international peace and security ⓘ
regionConcerned Iraq ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
result adopted ⓘ
sponsorStates Canada ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
France ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
surface form: Zaire
subject Iraq’s invasion and occupation of Kuwait ⓘ
topic collective security ⓘ
use of force in international law ⓘ
votesAgainst 2 ⓘ
votesFor 12 ⓘ
votingAgainst Cuba ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
yearAdopted 1990 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Gulf War → UNResolution → UN Security Council Resolution 678 ⓘ
Operation Telic → legalBasisClaimedByUK → UN Security Council Resolution 678 ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 678
UN Security Council Resolution 660 → precedes → UN Security Council Resolution 678 ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 → recalls → UN Security Council Resolution 678 ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 678
United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 → recalls → UN Security Council Resolution 678 ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 678
UN Security Council Resolution 686 → predecessor → UN Security Council Resolution 678 ⓘ
Operation Desert Storm → authorizedBy → UN Security Council Resolution 678 ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 678
UN Security Council Resolution 679 → buildsOn → UN Security Council Resolution 678 ⓘ