UN Security Council Resolution 687

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United Nations Security Council resolution ceasefire agreement disarmament measure

UN Security Council Resolution 687 is the landmark 1991 measure that set the ceasefire terms for Iraq after the Gulf War, imposing disarmament obligations, sanctions, and weapons inspections.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
United Nations Security Council Resolution 687	11
Iraq–Kuwait ceasefire resolution	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations Security Council resolution ⓘ ceasefire agreement ⓘ disarmament measure ⓘ
abstentionBy	Ecuador ⓘ Yemen ⓘ
abstentions	2 ⓘ
acronymRelated	UN Special Commission ⓘ surface form: UNSCOM
addresses	compensation for losses and damage resulting from Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait ⓘ demarcation of the Iraq–Kuwait border ⓘ return of Kuwaiti property seized by Iraq ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	UN Security Council Resolution 687 ⓘ surface form: Iraq–Kuwait ceasefire resolution
assignsRoleTo	International Atomic Energy Agency ⓘ
bindingOn	all UN Member States ⓘ
chapterOfUNCharter	Chapter VII ⓘ
conditionsLiftingOfSanctionsOn	Iraqi compliance with disarmament obligations ⓘ
conflictContext	Gulf War ⓘ
countryTarget	Iraq ⓘ
dateAdopted	1991-04-03 ⓘ
establishes	United Nations Compensation Commission ⓘ UN Special Commission ⓘ surface form: United Nations Special Commission a special commission for weapons inspections in Iraq ⓘ formal ceasefire conditions between Iraq and Kuwait ⓘ
follows	UN Security Council Resolution 686 ⓘ
imposes	economic sanctions on Iraq ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasisFor	continuation of sanctions against Iraq in the 1990s ⓘ long-term UN weapons inspection regime in Iraq ⓘ
linkedTo	Iraqi acceptance on 1991-04-06 ⓘ
onlyNegativeVoteBy	Cuba ⓘ
precedes	United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 ⓘ surface form: UN Security Council Resolution 688
requires	Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s ⓘ surface form: Iraq to accept on-site inspection and monitoring Iraq to accept the boundary with Kuwait as decided by the UN ⓘ Iraq to eliminate its biological weapons ⓘ Iraq to eliminate its chemical weapons ⓘ Iraq to eliminate its nuclear weapons program ⓘ Iraq to pay compensation for damage caused by its invasion of Kuwait ⓘ Iraq to submit declarations of its weapons programs ⓘ Iraq to unconditionally accept the destruction, removal, or rendering harmless of its weapons of mass destruction ⓘ
resolutionNumber	687 ⓘ
states	that a formal ceasefire would come into effect upon Iraqi acceptance of the resolution ⓘ
subjectMatter	Iraqi disarmament ⓘ post-war security arrangements in the Persian Gulf ⓘ sanctions regime on Iraq ⓘ weapons of mass destruction ⓘ
voteAgainst	1 ⓘ
voteFor	12 ⓘ
yearAdopted	1991 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Gulf War → UNResolution → UN Security Council Resolution 687 ⓘ

UN Security Council Resolution 687 → alsoKnownAs → UN Security Council Resolution 687 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraq–Kuwait ceasefire resolution

United Nations Compensation Commission → createdByResolution → UN Security Council Resolution 687 ⓘ