Edited sentence: " However, Iraq repeatedly violated Resolution 687 and other subsequent resolutions for 12 years since the 1991 Gulf War ceasefire and the UNSC was not taking any serious steps to force compliance." This text could be widely interpreted as "obey or we will force you to.As a result of the resolution not being fully implemented and as peace and security not being secured, the UNSC violated its obligation to force compliance as required by Resolution 687.This again shows the ineffectiveness of the UN as it had done in Bosnia which is why the U.Under Resolution 687, the UN Security Council was required "....to take such further steps as may be required for the implementation of the present resolution and to secure peace and security in the area.and its allies decided in 2003 to take the matters alone and invade Iraq without permission of the UN, as they had already done in their intervention in the Kosovo War