United Nations Security Council Resolution 986

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United Nations Security Council resolution international legal instrument

United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 was a 1995 UN measure that created the Oil-for-Food Programme, allowing Iraq to sell limited amounts of oil under international supervision to purchase humanitarian supplies while maintaining sanctions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
S/RES/986(1995)	1
UNSCR 986	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations Security Council resolution ⓘ international legal instrument ⓘ
abstainingMember	Cuba ⓘ
abstentions	1 ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
adoptionDate	1995-04-14 ⓘ
aimedTo	alleviate humanitarian suffering in Iraq without lifting sanctions ⓘ
allocatedFundsFor	UN administrative and operational costs related to the programme ⓘ compensation fund for victims of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait ⓘ humanitarian goods for all regions of Iraq ⓘ
appliesTo	Iraq ⓘ surface form: Republic of Iraq
archivedAt	Official Document System of the United Nations ⓘ surface form: United Nations Official Document System
authorized	Iraq to sell limited quantities of petroleum and petroleum products ⓘ
code	United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: S/RES/986(1995)
conditionedOn	international supervision of Iraqi oil sales ⓘ
context	post-1991 Gulf War sanctions on Iraq ⓘ
documentType	Security Council resolution text ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1996 ⓘ
established	Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ
followedBy	subsequent Security Council resolutions modifying the Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ
hasProgrammeName	Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ
hasShortName	United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: UNSCR 986
implementedBy	United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
implementedThrough	contracts for sale of Iraqi oil approved by a UN sanctions committee ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	binding on all UN Member States ⓘ
limited	volume and value of Iraqi oil exports ⓘ
linkedProgramme	Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ surface form: United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme
meetingNumber	3519 ⓘ
monitoredBy	United Nations observers ⓘ surface form: United Nations observers in Iraq
precededBy	United Nations Security Council Resolution 706 ⓘ United Nations Security Council Resolution 712 ⓘ
purpose	to allow Iraq to purchase humanitarian supplies for its civilian population ⓘ to maintain economic sanctions against Iraq while addressing humanitarian needs ⓘ
regionallyRelevantTo	Middle East ⓘ
relatedTo	UN Security Council Resolution 661 ⓘ surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 661 UN Security Council Resolution 661 ⓘ surface form: United Nations sanctions regime on Iraq after the Gulf War
required	United Nations monitoring of distribution of humanitarian goods in Iraq ⓘ proceeds of oil sales to be paid into an escrow account ⓘ
subject	Iraq ⓘ humanitarian assistance ⓘ sanctions ⓘ
typeOfSanctionsMeasure	humanitarian exemption mechanism ⓘ
underChapter	Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
voteAgainst	0 ⓘ
voteFor	14 ⓘ
year	1995 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 → code → United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: S/RES/986(1995)

Oil-for-Food Programme → createdBy → United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 ⓘ

United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 → hasShortName → United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNSCR 986

Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s → legalBasis → United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 ⓘ

Oil-for-Food Programme → legalBasis → United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 ⓘ

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1154 → reaffirms → United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 ⓘ

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1194 → recalls → United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 ⓘ