United Nations Security Council Resolution 687
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Iraq (green) and Kuwait (orange)
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| Date | 3 April 1991 |
| Meeting no. | 2,981 |
| Code | S/RES/687 (Document) |
| Subject | Iraq-Kuwait |
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Voting summary
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12 voted for 1 voted against 2 abstained |
| Result | Adopted |
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 687, adopted on 3 April 1991, after reaffirming resolutions 660, 661, 662, 664, 665, 666, 667, 669, 670, 674, 677, 678 (all 1990) and 686 (1991), the Council set the terms, in a comprehensive resolution, with which Iraq was to comply after losing the Gulf War. Resolution 687 was passed by 12 votes to one against (Cuba) with two abstentions from Ecuador and Yemen after a very extended meeting. Iraq accepted the provisions of the resolution on 6 April 1991.
Resolution 687, divided into nine sections, firstly urged Iraq and Kuwait to respect the boundary between the two countries, calling on the Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar to assist both in demarcating the border. It requested the Secretary-General to submit, within three days, a plan for the deployment of the United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission along the demilitarized zone which was established to be 10km into Iraq and 5 km into Kuwait.
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