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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 is a United Nations Security Council resolution adopted unanimously by the United Nations Security Council on 8 November 2002, offering Iraq under Saddam Hussein "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" that had been set out in several previous resolutions (Resolutions 660 ...
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the organ of the United Nations charged with maintaining peace and security among nations.While other organs of the United Nations only make recommendations to member governments, the Security Council has the power to make decisions which member governments are obliged to carry out under the United Nations Charter.
Resolution 1441 declared that Iraq was in "material breach" of the cease-fire under U.N. Resolution 687 (1991), which required cooperation with weapons inspectors. The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties states that under certain conditions, a party may invoke a "material breach" to suspend a multilateral treaty.
Prior to 2002, the Security Council had passed 16 resolutions on Iraq.In 2002, the Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1441.. In 2003, the governments of the US, Britain, and Spain proposed another resolution on Iraq, which they called the "eighteenth resolution" and others called the "second resolution."
A United Nations Security Council resolution (UNSCR) is a United Nations resolution adopted by the Security Council (UNSC), the United Nations (UN) 15-member body charged with "primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security".
UN Resolution 1441 was an actual enhancement of previous United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 and provided: "that Iraq shall provide UNMOVIC and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) immediate, unimpeded, unconditional, and unrestricted access to any and all, including underground, areas, facilities, buildings, equipment ...
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Argentinian Ambassador Cesar Mayoral raise their hands to vote on UN Resolution 1701 at the UN headquarters in New York City, on August 11 ...
1441: 8 November 2002 15–0–0 Gives Iraq last chance to disarm: 1442: 25 November 2002 15–0–0 Extends mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus: 1443: 25 November 2002 15–0–0 Extends Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme: 1444: 27 November 2002 15–0–0 Extends authorisation of International Security Assistance Force in ...