*On August 6, 1990, U.N.S.C.R. 661, was levied and
froze Iraqi assets, with exceptions allowed for
"supplies intended strictly for medical purposes
and, in humanitarian circumstances, foodstuffs."
*On April 3, 1991, U.N.S.C.R. 687 dictated cease
fire conditions. The Resolution specified three
categories of demands: unilateral disarmament,
compensation to Kuwait for damage inflicted during
the occupation and war, and acceptance of the 1963
Iraq-Kuwait border.(2) The Iraq dispute over the
Iraqi-Kuwait border, as mentioned previously, arises
from their dissension with the border that the
United Kingdom drew for it after the fall of the
Ottoman Empire.(3) A United Nations Special
Commission (U.N.S.C.O.M.) was charged with
implementing and verifying destruction of Iraq's
chemical and biological weapons capability,
destruction of medium and long-range ballistic
missiles, and installing monitoring mechanisms to
ensure that these capabilities were not rebuilt.
Resolution 687 confirmed that the humanitarian
circumstances were such that food imports should be
allowed after notification to the Sanctions
Committee.
*On August 15, 1991, U.N.S.C.R. 706 allowed Iraq to
sell up to $1.6 billion of its oil. The proceeds
were to be deposited into an UN administered
account. The money in the account was to be used to
buy humanitarian supplies for Iraq, to compensate
Kuwait for war damages, and to reimburse
U.N.S.C.O.M. for its costs. (Iraq did not agree to
the terms of this Resolution and publicly has not
sold oil.)(4)
That would make them want war, not balk at it.
