UNCLASSIFIED
FM UKMIS NEW YORK
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
OF 06231OZ AUGUST 90
TELNO 940
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HKB 020 /26
.00 1990
035010
MDHIAN 1755
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INFO IMMEDIATE MIDDLE EAST POSTS, EC POSTS, MOSCOW, WASHINGTON INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, TOKYO
MIPT: IRAQ/KUWAIT
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FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF SCR 661 ADOPTED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON 6 AUGUST.
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BEGINS
THE SECURITY COUNCIL,
REAFFIRMING ITS RESOLUTION 660 (1990),
DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THIS RESOLUTION HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND THAT THE INVASION BY IRAQ OF KUWAIT CONTINUES WITH FURTHER LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE AND MATERIAL DESTRUCTION,
DETERMINED TO BRING THE INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF KUWAIT BY IRAQ TO AN END AND TO RESTORE THE SOVEREIGNTY, INDEPENDENCE AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF KUWAIT,
NOTING THAT THE LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT HAS EXPRESSED ITS READINESS TO COMPLY WITH RESOLUTION 660 (1990),
MINDFUL OF ITS RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE CHARTER FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY,
AFFIRMING THE INHERENT RIGHT OF INDIVIDUAL OR COLLECTIVE SELF- DEFENCE, IN RESPONSE TO THE ARMED ATTACK BY IRAQ AGAINST KUWAIT, ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 51 OF THE CHARTER,
ACTING UNDER CHAPTER VII OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS,
1.
DETERMINES THAT IRAQ SO FAR HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH
OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 2 OF RESOLUTION 660 (1990) AND HAS USURPED
THE AUTHORITY OF THE LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT:
2.
IN
DECIDES, AS A CONSEQUENCE, TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING MEASURES TO SECURE COMPLIANCE OF IRAQ WITH OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 2 AND TO
RESTORE THE AUTHORITY OF THE LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT:
DECIDES THAT ALL STATES SHALL PREVENT:
THE IMPORT INTO THEIR TERRITORIES OF ALL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN IRAQ OR KUWAIT EXPORTED THEREFROM
AFTER THE DATE OF THIS RESOLUTION:
3.
(A)
(B)
COMMODITIES AND
ANY ACTIVITIES BY THEIR NATIONALS OR IN THEIR TERRITORIES
WHICH WOULD PROMOTE OR ARE CALCULATED TO PROMOTE THE EXPORT
OR TRANSSHIPMENT OF ANY COMMODITIES OR PRODUCTS FROM IRAQ OR
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