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 United Kingdom: Butler Report
IRAQ: LEGAL BASIS FOR THE USE OF FORCE Summary 1. The legal basis for any military action against Iraq would be the authorisation which the Security Council, by its resolution 678 (1990), gave to Member States to use all necessary means to restore international peace and...
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IRAQ: LEGAL BASIS FOR THE USE OF FORCE Summary 1. The legal basis for any military action against Iraq would be the authorisation which the Security Council, by its resolution 678 (1990), gave to Member States to use all necessary means to restore international peace and security in the area. That authorisation was suspended but not terminated by Security Council resolution (SCR) 687 (1991), and revived by SCR 1441 (2002). In SCR 1441, the Security Council has determined - (1) (2) (3) 2. 3
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IRAQ: LEGAL BASIS FOR THE USE <span class="highlight">OF</span> FORCE Summary 1. The legal basis for any military action against Iraq would be the authorisation which the <span class="highlight">Security</span> Council, by its resolution 678 (1990), gave to Member States to use all necessary means to restore <span class="highlight">international</span> peace <span class="highlight">and</span> <span class="highlight">security</span> in the area. That authorisation was suspended but not terminated by <span class="highlight">Security</span> Council resolution (SCR) 687 (1991), <span class="highlight">and</span> revived by SCR 1441 (2002). In SCR 1441, the <span class="highlight">Security</span> Council has determined - (1) (2) (3) 2. 3
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to restore <span class="highlight">international</span> peace <span class="highlight">and</span> <span class="highlight">security</span> in the area. Iraq's acceptance <span class="highlight">of</span> those requirements was the condition for the declaration <span class="highlight">of</span> a formal ceasefire. Those steps included the destruction <span class="highlight">of</span> all WMD under <span class="highlight">international</span> supervision <span class="highlight">and</span> the requirement that Iraq should not attempt to acquire such weapons or the means <span class="highlight">of</span> their manufacture. As a means to achieving the disarmament required by the <span class="highlight">Security</span> Council, SCR 687 also required Iraq to submit to extensive weapons inspection by UNSCOM (now
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<span class="highlight">international</span> law. The Charter <span class="highlight">of</span> the United Nations allows for the use <span class="highlight">of</span> force under the authority <span class="highlight">of</span> the <span class="highlight">Security</span> Council. The <span class="highlight">Security</span> Council resolution adopted before the Gulf conflict authorised the use <span class="highlight">of</span> force in order to restore <span class="highlight">international</span> peace <span class="highlight">and</span> <span class="highlight">security</span> in the region. Iraq is in clear breach <span class="highlight">of</span> <span class="highlight">Security</span> Council resolution 687 which laid down the conditions for the ceasefire at the end <span class="highlight">of</span> the conflict. Those conditions included a requirement on Iraq to eliminate its weapons <span class="highlight">of</span> mass destruction
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UN Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
Council addressed the disproportionate and unique impact of armed conflict on women; recognized the under-valued and under-utilized contributions women make to conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution and peace-building. It also stressed the importance of...
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