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UN Security Council Resolution 705
Al Zaqura Palace
Date	15 August 1991
Meeting no.	3,004
Code	S/RES/705 (Document)
Subject	Iraq
Voting summary	15 voted for None voted against None abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  Soviet Union  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Austria  Belgium  Cuba  Ecuador  India  Ivory Coast  Romania  Yemen  Zaire  Zimbabwe
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United Nations Security Council resolution 705, adopted unanimously on 15 August 1991, after considering a note by the Secretary-General, the Council decided that compensation paid by Iraq to the United Nations Compensation Commission arising from Resolution 687 (1991) should not exceed 30 per cent of the annual value of its exports of petroleum and petroleum products.

The resolution, passed under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, allowed Iraq to export oil in return for humanitarian aid; however this resolution, along with Resolution 712, were both initially rejected by Iraq. Oil exports from Iraq were banned after its invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990.

See also

• Foreign relations of Iraq
• Gulf War
• Sanctions against Iraq
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 701 to 800 (1991–1993)
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 706

References

1. O'Sullivan, Meghan L. (2003). Shrewd sanctions: statecraft and state sponsors of terrorism. Brookings Institution Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-8157-0602-1.

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 705 at Wikisource
• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

• 1991 United Nations Security Council resolutions
• United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Iraq
• 1991 in Iraq
• August 1991 events