Security Council resolution 715 (1991) [on plans for monitoring and verification of Iraq's compliance with relevant parts of section C of Security Council resolution 687 (1991)]
Symbol: S/RES/715(1991)
Date: 1991-10-11
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/46 [89] IRAQ-KUWAIT SITUATION
Subjects: IAEA|IAEA. Director General|UN Special Commission|UN. Security Council Committee Established by Resolution 661 (1990) concerning the Situation between Iraq and Kuwait|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|ARMS EMBARGO|SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE|NUCLEAR FACILITIES|CHEMICAL PLANTS|NUCLEAR MATERIALS|NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY|ON-SITE INSPECTION|IRAQ|FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE|IRAQ-KUWAIT SITUATION
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: AUSTRIA
vote: yes
country: BELGIUM
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: CÔTE D'IVOIRE
vote: yes
country: CUBA
vote: yes
country: ECUADOR
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: INDIA
vote: yes
country: ROMANIA
vote: yes
country: USSR
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: YEMEN
vote: yes
country: ZAIRE
vote: yes
country: ZIMBABWE
vote: yes

Resolution 715 (1991)
of 11 October 1991

The Security Council,

Recalling its resolutions 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991 and 707
(1991) of 15 August 1991 and its other resolutions on this
matter,

Recalling in particular that under resolution 687 (1991) the
Secretary-General and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency were requested to develop plans
for future ongoing monitoring and verification and to submit
them to the Security Council for approval,

Taking note of the report 106 and note 107 of the Secretary-General, transmitting the plans submitted by the Secretary-General and the Director General of the Agency,

Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United
Nations,

1. Approves, in accordance with the provisions of
resolutions 687 (1991), 707 (1991) and the present resolution,
the plans submitted by the Secretary-General 106 and the
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency; 107

2. Decides that the Special Commission shall carry out
the plan submitted by the Secretary-General, as well as
continuing to discharge its other responsibilities under resolutions 687 (1991), 699 (1991) of 17 June 1991 and 707 (1991)
and performing such other functions as are conferred upon it
under the present resolution;

3. Requests the Director General of the Agency to carry
out, with the assistance and cooperation of the Special Commission, the plan submitted by him and to continue to discharge
his other responsibilities under resolutions 687 (1991), 699
(1991) and 707 (1991);

4. Decides that the Special Commission, in the exercise
of its responsibilities as a subsidiary organ of the Security
Council, shall:

(a) Continue to have the responsibility for designating
additional locations for inspection and overflights;

(b) Continue to render assistance and cooperation to the
Director General of the Agency by providing him, by mutual
agreement, with the necessary special expertise and logistical,
informational and other operational support for the carrying
out of the plan submitted by him;

(c) Perform such other functions, in cooperation in the
nuclear field with the Director General of the Agency, as may
be necessary to coordinate activities under the plans approved
by the present resolution, including making use of commonly
available services and information to the fullest extent possible,
in order to achieve maximum efficiency and optimum use of
resources;

5. Demands that Iraq meet unconditionally all its
obligations under the plans approved by the present resolution
and cooperate fully with the Special Commission and the
Director General of the Agency in carrying out the plans;

6. Decides to encourage the maximum assistance, in cash
and in kind, from all Member States to support the Special
Commission and the Director General of the Agency in
carrying out their activities under the plans approved by the
present resolution, without prejudice to Iraq’s liability for the
full costs of such activities;
7. Requests the Security Council Committee established
under resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between
Iraq and Kuwait, the Special Commission and the Director
General of the Agency to develop in cooperation a mechanism
for monitoring any future sales or supplies by other countries
to Iraq of items relevant to the implementation of section C of
resolution 687 (1991) and other relevant resolutions, including
the present resolution and the plans approved hereunder,

8. Requests the Secretary-General and the Director
General of the Agency to submit to the Security Council
reports on the implementation of the plans approved by the
present resolution, when requested by the Security Council and
in any event at least every six months after the adoption of this
resolution;

9. Decides to remain seized of the matter.

Adopted unanimously at the 3012th
meeting.