United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 is a 2002 UN measure that gave Iraq a “final opportunity” to comply with disarmament obligations and became a key legal and diplomatic basis cited for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Surface form	Occurrences
UN Security Council Resolution 1441	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UN Security Council measure ⓘ United Nations Security Council resolution ⓘ international legal instrument ⓘ
abstentions	0 ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
adoptionDate	2002-11-08 ⓘ
chapterOfUNCharterInvoked	Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
context	lead-up to the 2003 Iraq War ⓘ post–Gulf War Iraqi disarmament crisis ⓘ
coSponsor	Spain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryConcerned	Iraq ⓘ surface form: Republic of Iraq
decisionType	binding resolution ⓘ
demands	Iraq not interfere with the freedom of movement of inspectors ⓘ Iraq not take or threaten hostile acts against UN personnel or member states carrying out the resolution ⓘ
describedAs	final opportunity for Iraq to comply with its disarmament obligations ⓘ
doesNotExplicitlyAuthorize	automatic use of force ⓘ
establishes	enhanced inspection regime in Iraq ⓘ
followedBy	renewed UN weapons inspections in Iraq in late 2002 ⓘ
keySupporter	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
languageCharacterizedBy	ambiguity over authorization of military action ⓘ
legalBasisFor	claims of authorization for the 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
number	1441 ⓘ
opposedInterpretationBy	China regarding automatic authorization of force ⓘ France regarding automatic authorization of force ⓘ Russia regarding automatic authorization of force ⓘ
primaryAim	disarmament of Iraq ⓘ ensuring Iraqi compliance with previous UN resolutions ⓘ
providesFor	assessment by the Security Council of Iraqi compliance ⓘ
recalls	UN Security Council Resolution 660 ⓘ surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 UN Security Council Resolution 678 ⓘ surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 UN Security Council Resolution 687 ⓘ surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 previous Iraq-related Security Council resolutions ⓘ
requires	Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC and Director General of the IAEA to report on Iraqi compliance ⓘ Iraq to cooperate actively with UNMOVIC and the IAEA ⓘ Iraq to grant immediate, unimpeded, and unconditional access to UN inspectors ⓘ Iraq to provide a full, final, and complete declaration of all aspects of its weapons programs ⓘ
requiresReportingTo	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
states	Iraq ⓘ surface form: Iraq has been and remains in material breach of its obligations
strengthensMandateOf	International Atomic Energy Agency inspections in Iraq ⓘ UN Special Commission ⓘ surface form: United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
subject	Iraq ⓘ
voteResult	unanimous adoption ⓘ
votesAgainst	0 ⓘ
votesFor	15 ⓘ
warns	Iraq will face serious consequences if it continues to violate its obligations ⓘ
year	2002 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Iraq War → UNResolutionInvoked → United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 ⓘ

Disarming Iraq → about → United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Security Council Resolution 1441

Operation Telic → legalBasisClaimedByUK → United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 ⓘ