UN Documents for Iraq: Security Council Resolutions

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2 March 1991 S/RES/686 The Council demanded that Iraq release all Kuwaiti or third country nationals and return the remains of any deceased Kuwaiti and third country nationals so detained.
29 November 1990 S/RES/678 This resolution authorised the use of force in the context of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and demanded that Iraq comply fully with resolution 660.
6 August 1990 S/RES/661 This resolution imposed economic sanctions on Iraq after it invaded Kuwait, providing for a full trade embargo, excluding medical supplies, food and other items of humanitarian necessity, to be determined by a sanctions committee.