UN to Decide on Ending Sanctions Against Iraq

The UN Security Council will consider this month whether to remove Iraq from UN Chapter VII regulations, but Iraqi-Kuwaiti relations still require permanent solutions to overcome the past.
File photo of Iraqi anti-aircraft fire and tracer flares lighting up the sky above downtown Baghdad January 17, 1991, as U.S. and allied bombing raids launched a Gulf War to liberate Kuwait. PP03030031 REUTERS/PATRICK DE NOIRMONT AC/CLH/ - RTRCUGB
File photo of Iraqi anti-aircraft fire and tracer rounds lighting up the sky above downtown Baghdad, Jan. 17, 1991, as US and allied bombing raids began a Gulf War to liberate Kuwait. - REUTERS/Patrick De Noirmont
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After more than 23 years under the scope of UN Chapter VII following its invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Iraq finds itself closer than ever to getting out from under that chapter and gaining more independence in controlling its money, importing weapons, and — above all — getting recognized as a fully sovereign country.

On June 19, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommended to the UN Security Council that Iraq be taken out from under Chapter VII and that its outstanding issues with Kuwait be resolved in accordance with UN Chapter VI regulations.

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