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United Nations Security Council Resolution 899

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UN Security Council
Resolution 899
Kuwait
Date4 March 1994
Meeting no.3,343
CodeS/RES/899 (Document)
SubjectIraq–Kuwait
Voting summary
  • 15 voted for
  • None voted against
  • None abstained
ResultAdopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members
Non-permanent members
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United Nations Security Council resolution 899, adopted unanimously on 4 March 1994, after recalling Resolution 833 (1993) and considering a letter by the Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali concerning the matter of the Iraqi private citizens and their assets which remained on Kuwaiti territory following the demarcation of the international boundary between Iraq and Kuwait, the council, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, decided that compensation payments may be remitted to the private citizens concerned in Iraq, notwithstanding the provisions of Resolution 661 (1991).[1]

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  1. ^ Boutros-Ghali, Boutros (1996). The United Nations and the Iraq–Kuwait conflict, 1990–1996. United Nations, Dept. of Public Information. p. 135. ISBN 978-92-1-100596-7.
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