United Nations Security Council Resolution 688
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 is a 1991 UN measure condemning Iraqi repression of civilians and demanding humanitarian access, widely cited as a key international legal basis for intervention to protect populations in Iraq.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 canonical | 4 |
| UN Security Council Resolution 688 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T492625 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 Context triple: [Iraqi no-fly zone enforcement, legalBasisClaimed, United Nations Security Council Resolution 688]
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A.
UN Security Council Resolution 687
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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B.
UN Security Council Resolution 678
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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C.
UN Security Council Resolution 660
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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D.
UN Security Council Resolution 1368
UN Security Council Resolution 1368 is a 2001 United Nations measure that condemned the 9/11 terrorist attacks and recognized the right of states to self-defense, providing key international legal support for subsequent military actions in Afghanistan.
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E.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 is a 2011 UN measure that imposed sanctions and referred the situation in Libya to the International Criminal Court in response to the Gaddafi regime’s violent crackdown on protesters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 Target entity description: United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 is a 1991 UN measure condemning Iraqi repression of civilians and demanding humanitarian access, widely cited as a key international legal basis for intervention to protect populations in Iraq.
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A.
UN Security Council Resolution 687
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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B.
UN Security Council Resolution 678
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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C.
UN Security Council Resolution 660
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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D.
UN Security Council Resolution 1368
UN Security Council Resolution 1368 is a 2001 United Nations measure that condemned the 9/11 terrorist attacks and recognized the right of states to self-defense, providing key international legal support for subsequent military actions in Afghanistan.
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E.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 is a 2011 UN measure that imposed sanctions and referred the situation in Libya to the International Criminal Court in response to the Gaddafi regime’s violent crackdown on protesters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UN Security Council measure
ⓘ
United Nations Security Council resolution ⓘ |
| abstaining |
China
ⓘ
India ⓘ |
| abstentions | 2 ⓘ |
| adoptedAt | United Nations Headquarters ⓘ |
| adoptedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| callsFor |
access for international humanitarian organizations
ⓘ
contributions to humanitarian relief operations in Iraq ⓘ respect for human rights in Iraq ⓘ |
| chapter | Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ |
| concerns |
internal displacement in Iraq
ⓘ
repression of Iraqi civilian population ⓘ situation of Kurds in Iraq ⓘ |
| condemns |
repression of Iraqi civilian population
ⓘ
repression of Kurds in Iraq ⓘ |
| countryConcerned | Iraq ⓘ |
| dateAdopted | 1991-04-05 ⓘ |
| demands |
Iraq allow immediate access by international humanitarian organizations
ⓘ
Iraq cooperate with the United Nations ⓘ end to repression of Iraqi civilians ⓘ |
| language |
Chinese
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor |
creation of safe havens in northern Iraq
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international humanitarian assistance operations in northern Iraq ⓘ no-fly zones over northern Iraq ⓘ no-fly zones over southern Iraq ⓘ |
| meetingNumber | 2982 ⓘ |
| number | 688 ⓘ |
| organ | United Nations Security Council ⓘ |
| recalls |
UN Security Council Resolution 661
ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations Security Council Resolution 661
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
|
| states | that repression of Iraqi civilians threatens international peace and security ⓘ |
| subject | Iraq ⓘ |
| usedAs | international legal basis for intervention to protect populations in Iraq ⓘ |
| usedBy |
France
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| voteAgainst | 3 ⓘ |
| voteFor | 10 ⓘ |
| votingAgainst |
Cuba
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Yemen ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| yearAdopted | 1991 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 Description of subject: United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 is a 1991 UN measure condemning Iraqi repression of civilians and demanding humanitarian access, widely cited as a key international legal basis for intervention to protect populations in Iraq.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Iraqi no-fly zone enforcement
→
legalBasisClaimed
→
United Nations Security Council Resolution 688
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this entity surface form:
UN Security Council Resolution 688