Documents on the Iraq Crisis 

  United Nations Organization

UN-57th General Assembly 

• General Assembly concludes General Debate dominated by Terrorism, Iraq Issue, Middle East, Africa (57th Session UN-General Assembly; 19th Meeting, Excerpt), 20. September, 2002 
• Draft Declaration of the Annual Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Heads of Delegation of the Non-Aligned Movement (57th Session UN-General Assembly, Excerpt), 18. September 2002
• Statement by the Chair of the NAM Ministers, Minister NC Dlamini Zuma, on Iraq's Decision to Allow UN Weapons Inspectors, 17. September 2002
• Kofi Annan's Speech to the General Assembly (excerpts), 11. September 2002 

United Nations Security Council Resolutions

• Resolution 1454, 30. December 2002 
• Resolution 1447, 4. December 2002 
• Resolution 1441 (2002), 8. November 2002 
• Excerpts From Iraqi Foreign Affairs Minister Naji Sabri to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, 13. November 2002
• UN Arms Inspections in Iraq (UN News Center) 
• Remarks of Secretary Rumsfeld on Passage of U.N. Security Council Resolution on Iraq, 8. November 2002
• Bundesminister Fischer begrüßt Irak-Resolution des VN- Sicherheitsrats, 8. November 2002
• Resolution 1409 S /RES/1409- resolution adopting the Goods Review List (GRL) and procedures for its application, 15. May 2002 
• The Goods Review List (GRL) S/2002/515, 3. May 2002
• Security Council resolution 1382, 29. November 2001 
• Security Council resolution 1373, (Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts) 28. September 2001
• Security Council resolution 1360, 3. July 2001
• S/2001/1089 Report pursuant to paragraph 5 of resolution 1360, 19. November 2001
• S/2001/919 Report pursuant to paragraph 5 of resolution 1360, 28. September 2001
• Security Council resolution 1352, 1. June 2001 
• Security Council resolution 1284, 17. December 1999 (see also UNMOVIC)

Reports pursuant to paragraph 14 of resolution 1284 
• S/2002/931 Ninth report, 15. August 2002
• S/2002/664 Eighth report, 13. June 2002
• S/2002/419 Seventh report, 15. April 2002
• S/2001/1196 Sixth report, 13. December 2001
• S/2001/796 Fifth report, 15. August 2001
• S/2001/582 Fourth report, 12. June 2001
• S/2000/1197 Third report, 15. December 2000
• S/2000/575Second report, 14. June 2000
• S/2000/347 Report, 26. April 2000
• Security Council resolution 1205, 5. November 1998 
• Security Council resolution 1194, 9. September 1998
• Security Council resolution 1158,  25. March 1998
• Security Council resolution 1137, 23. October 1997
• Security Council resolution 1115, 21. June 1997
• Security Council resolution 1060, 12. June 1996
• Resolution 1051S/RES/1051, 27. March 1996
• Security Council resolution 986, 15. April 1995 
• Office of the Iraq Programme Oil-for-food
• Memorandum of Understanding
• Security Council resolution 949, 15. October 1994
• Security Council - Note by the President of the Security Council S/23500, 31. January 1992
• Resolution 715 S/RES/715, 11. October 1991
• Resolution 707 S/RES/707, 15. August 1991
• Resolution 699, 17. June 1991
• Resolution 692, 20. May 1991
• Resolution 688, 5. April 1991
• Resolution 687 S/RES/687, 3. April 1991

Reports of the Secretary General on the Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission to the Security Council 

• S/2002/323 for the period 25 September 2001 - 20 March 2002, 28. March 2002
• S/2001/913 for the period 28 March 2001 - 24 September 2001,  26. September 2001
• S/2001/287 for the period 22 September 2000 - 27 March 2001, 28. March 2001
• S/2000/914 for the period 31 March 2000 - 21 September 2000, 27. September 2000

United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC)

• S/RES/1284 (creating UNMOVIC UN document), 17. December 1999
• S/2000/292 (UNMOVIC organizational plan), 6. April 2000
• UNMOVIC Chronology of Main Events (since adoption of "S/Res1284/1999", 17 December 1999)
• UNMOVIC Time schedule for the return of Weapons Inspectors to Iraq (informal paper circulated in the Security Council, 19 September 2002) 
• UNMOVIC Commissioners

• UNMOVIC quarterly Reports to the Security Council.
• Tenth quarterly report (S/2002/981), 3. September 2002
• Ninth quarterly report (S/2002/606), 31. May 2002
• Eight quarterly report (S/2002/195), 1. March 2002
• Seventh quarterly report (S/2001/1126), 29. November 2001
• Sixth quarterly report (S/2001/833), 30. August 2001
• Fifth quarterly report (S/2001/515), 24. May 2001
• Fourth quarterly report (S/2001/177), 27. February 2001
• Third quarterly report (S/2000/1134), 1. December 2000
• Secondly quarterly report (S/2000/835), 28. August 2000
• First quarterly report (S/2000/516), 1. June 2000

United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) related Documents

• UNSCOM - Key Resolutions, Documents and Semi-annual Reports to Security Council
• UNSCOM - Establishment, Composition, Reporting Requirements, Mandate, UNSCOM Rights, Operational Activities, Export/ Import Control Mechanism, Offices, Finance and Support
• UNSCOM - Chronology of main events

Reports and Studies

• unofficial version of the "Goods Review List"
• UN Press Release
• Statement by Benon v. Sevan, Executive Director of the Iraq Programme at the informal consultations of the Security Council. 29 May 2002
• UN "Goods Review List" for Iraq Fact Sheet, 14. May 2002
• Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq, Press Release, 15. May 2002
• Sarah Graham-Brown; (Middle East Report) Sanctions Renewed on Iraq 
• Colin Rowat (Middle East Economy Survey), Iraq Sanctions Saga Continues amid Policy Confusion, 10. June 2002
• Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human  rights in Iraq. Commission on Human Rights, Fifty-eighth session, Document No. E/CN.4/2002/44, 15. March 2002

International Atomic Energy Agency

IAEA Annual Reports

• IAEA Annual Report for 2001
• Content
• Verification in Iraq pursuant to UNSC Resolutions
• IAEA Annual Report for 2000
• Content
• Safeguards
• IAEA Annual Report for 1999
• Content
• Safeguards

IAEA Inspections in Iraq - IAEA Iraq Action Team

• IAEA Iraq Action Team
• Fact Sheet
• Background & Reference
• Chronology of Main Events

Report by IAEA Director General on the Implementation of UNSC Resolutions relating to Iraq

• GC(46)/13, 31. July 2002
• GC(45)/18, 10. August 2001
• GC(44)/11, 27. July 2000
• GC(43)/16, 18. August 1999
• GC(42)/14, 22. August 1998
• GC(41)/20, 9. September 1997
• GC(40)/13, 12. August 1996
• GC(39)/10, 20. September 1995

Consolidated reports of the Director General of IAEA (under paragraph 16 of Security Council Resolution 1051/1996) to the UN Security Council ("Action Team Reports")

• S/2002/367,10. April 2002
• S/2001/945, 5. October 2001
• S/2001/337, 6. April 2001
• S/2000/983, 11. October 2000
• S/2000/300, 11. April 2000
• S/1999/1035, 7. October 1999
• S/1999/393, 9. April 1999
• S/1998/927, 7. October 1998
• S/1998/312, 9. April 1998
• S/1997/779, 8. October 1997
• S/1997/297, 11. April 1997
• S/1996/833, 7. October 1996
• S/1996/261, 11. April 1996

further IAEA related Reports, Documents and Articles

• Statement by the Secretary-General to the Security Council, 19. March 2003
• Disarming Iraq - introduction of draft UNMOVIC Work Programme, 19. March 2003
• Disarming Iraq - Oral introduction of the 12th quarterly report of UNMOVIC, 07. March 2003
• Meeting, requested by the on-Aligned Movement (NAM) in order to give the wider UN membership an opportunity to express their views on the inspection process in Iraq to the 15-nation body, 20. February 2003
• Disarming Iraq Briefing of the Security Council Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC, Dr. Hans Blix, 14. February 2003
  • Security Council debates next steps in Iraq, 14. February 2003
  • Remarks Secretary of State Colin L. Powell To the United Nations Security Council, 14. February 2003
  • Statement by Joschka Fischer, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany,at the Public Meeting of the Security Council on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait, 14. February 2003
• Es reicht nicht, Türen aufzuschließen; UN-Chefinspektor Hans Blix über die Ergebnisse der Waffenkontrollen in Irak und die Kooperationsbereitschaft des Regimes von Saddam Hussein, 31. January 2003
• U.N. News Center - Disarming Iraq, Inspection Activities in Iraq, updated every day
• U.N. inspectors to send advance team to Iraq, 20. September 2002
• U.N. Nuclear Inspectors know where to look in Iraq, Interview with Jacques Baute, head of the U.N. agency's Iraq Action Team, 19. September 2002
• IAEA Director General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions Relating to Iraq, 9. September 2002
• "Wir könnten sofort in Bagdad sein". Der Chef der Uno-Waffeninspektoren für den Irak, Hans Blix, über den Despoten Saddam Hussein, die Scheinheiligkeit des Bagdader Regimes und die Vorbereitungen für einen Einsatz seines Teams (Spiegel Interview), 26. August 2002 
• IAEA Reports on On-Site Inspections in Iraq (under UNSCR 687/1991), July 1991 – January 1996
• Reports on the implementation by the IAEA of the plan for the destruction, removal and rendering of harmless of items (listed in paragraph 12 on UNSCR 687/1991), April 1992 – December 1995

European Union

• Statement on Iraq European Council, Brussels 20 March 2003 (pdf-file)
• Statement on Iraq by Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, 20. March 2003
• European Council: Conclusions on Iraq, 17. February 2003
• Demarche by the Presidency on behalf of the EU regarding Iraq, 4. February 2003
• General Affairs Council: Conclusions on Iraq, 27. January 2003
• Rt Hon Chris Patten on the European Parliament Report on Progress Achieved in the Implementation of Common Foreign and Security Policy, 26. September 2002
• The Minister for Foreign Affairs states the following in response to the Iraqi pledge to let the UN weapons inspectors back in, 17. September 2002
• EU Statement for the IAEA Board of Governors, 12. September 2002
• Statement by Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on behalf of the European Union to the 57th session of the General Assembly (Excerpt),12. September 2002
• Chris Patten: Europe must have convincing evidence to join Iraq Attack; dealing with terrorism shoult nat be linked to dealing with Saddam (Interview, Global Viewpoint), 9. September 2002
• The Ministerial Council calls for the return of the international weapons inspectors to Iraq, 6. September 2002
• Statement by Mr Bertel Haarder, Minister for European Affairs, on behalf of the Council, 4. September 2002
• Speech by The Rt Hon Chris Patten, 4. September 2002
• Council and Commission statements on Iraq, Debate, 4. September 2002
• 2447. Council  - General Affairs and External Relations (Excerpt), 22. July 2002 
• The EU's relations with Iraq, News from the General Affairs Council, 22. July 2002
• Declaration by the EU on Iraq, 20. May 2002
• Condemnation of human rights violations in Iraq, 16. May 2002
• Baroness Emma Nicholson (ELDR, South East) Report on the situation in Iraq eleven years after the Gulf War Doc.: A5-0157/2002, 16. May 2002
• Report on the situation in Iraq eleven years after the Gulf War (2000/2329(INI) Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy Rapporteur: Baroness Nicholson, 26. April 2002
• Press Stakeout with Danish Prime Minister Anders Rasmussen, Federal News Service, 25. March 2002

League of Arab States

• Arab states unanimously announce their rejection of any strike against Iraq, 13. September 2002
• Beirut Declaration (Excerpts), Arab League Summit, 28. March 2002 
• Non-aggression agreement between Iraq and Kuwait, Arab League Summit resolution, Beirut, 28. March 2002

Gulf Cooperation Council

• Press communiqué issued by the Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council, 38th Session Jeddah / Saudi Arabia, 8 June 2002
• Final communiqué of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council, 22nd session,  Muscat / Oman, 30/31 December 2001

Organization of Islamic Conference

• Resolution No. 18/29-P on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait, 29th Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, Khartoum (Sudan), 25-27. June 2002
• Resolution No. 19/28-P on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait, 28th Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, Bamako (Mali), 25-27. June 2001

 

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