HC Deb 15 October 1990 vol 177 c745W
Sir Trevor Skeet

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the resolutions of the Security Council 660 to 665 with a brief analysis of the purpose of each, indicating how many of the resolutions were unanimous and upon which the Yemen and Cuba abstained.

Mr. Waldegrave

The table shows the voting on each of the Security Council resolutions so far adopted on Iraq and Kuwait:

Resolution No. Subject Voting
SCR 660 (adopted 2 August) Condemned invasion and called for immediate and unconditional Iraqi withdrawal. 14 votes for: 0 abstentions: 0 against. Yemen absent.
SCR 661 (6 August) Imposed sanctions. 13: 2: 0. Yemen and Cuba abstained.
SCR 662 (9 August) Decided annexation of Kuwait by Iraq null and void. 15: 0: 0.
SCR 664 (18 August) Reaffirmed rights of third state nationals, including the right to leave. 15: 0: 0.
SCR 665 (25 August) Authorised measures to halt shipping in order to inspect and verify cargoes. 13: 2: 0. Yemen and Cuba abstained.
SCR 666 (13 September) Established system to permit food imports to Iraq and Kuwait in humanitarian circumstances. 13: 0: 2. Yemen and Cuba voted against.
SCR 667 (16 September) Condemned Iraqi attacks against diplomatic premises and personnel. 15: 0: 0.
SCR 669 (24 September) Called on Sanctions Committee to consider requests for economic assistance under article 50 of UN charter. 15: 0: 0.
SCR 670 (25 September) Measures to tighten air embargo and detain or deny entry to Iraqi-registered ships breaching sanctions. 14:0:1. Cuba voted against.

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