The Report
of the Iraq Inquiry
842.
The preambular
paragraphs (PPs 1‑18) set out the relevant Security
Council
resolutions
and the obligations they imposed on Iraq.283
The
resolution:
•
recognised
that Iraq’s non‑compliance with existing obligations imposed by
the
Security
Council, in relation to WMD and long range missiles, posed a
threat
to international
peace and security (PP3);
•
recalled
that resolution 678 (1990) had authorised Member States to use
all
necessary
means to uphold and implement the relevant resolutions and
to
restore
international peace and security in the area (PP4);
•
expressed
the Council’s determination to secure full compliance with
its
decisions
(PP17); and
•
stated that
it was acting under Chapter VII of the Charter (PP18).
843.
A summary of
the key operative paragraphs is in the Box below.
•
Iraq “has been
and remains in material breach of … relevant resolutions,
including
Resolution
687 (1991)”, the “cease‑fire” resolution (OP1).
•
Iraq had “a
final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations”. The
Security
Council had
decided to set up “an enhanced inspection regime with the aim of
bringing
to full and
verified completion the disarmament process established by …
resolutions
of the
Council” (OP2).
•
Iraq “shall
provide … not later than 30 days from the date of this resolution,
a currently
accurate,
full and complete declaration of all aspects of its programmes to
develop
chemical,
biological and nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles and other
delivery systems
… including
any holdings and precise locations of such weapons,
components,
sub‑components,
stocks of agents, and related material and equipment, the
locations
and work of
its research, development and production facilities, as well as all
other
chemical,
biological, and nuclear programmes, including any which it claims
are for
purposes
not related to weapon production or material” (OP3).
•
“[F]alse
statement or omissions in the declarations … and failure by Iraq …
to comply
with, and
co-operate fully in the implementation of, this resolution shall
constitute a
further
material breach” which would be “reported to the Council for
assessment in
accordance
with paragraphs 11 and 12” (OP4).
•
Iraq “shall
provide UNMOVIC and the IAEA with immediate, unimpeded,
unconditional
and
unrestricted access to any and all, including underground, areas,
facilities,
buildings,
equipment, records, and means of transport which they wish to
inspect,
as well as
immediate, unimpeded, unrestricted and private access to all
officials and
other
persons whom … wish to interview in the mode or location of
UNMOVIC’s or the
IAEA’s
choice … inside or outside of Iraq … without the presence of
observers from
the Iraqi
Government”. UNMOVIC was instructed, and the IAEA requested, “to
resume
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UN Security
Council resolution 1441 (2002).
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