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Subject: TEXT OF SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 688.
/* Written Mon 4 Mar 6:00am 1996 by DRUNOO@xxxxxxxxxxxx in igc:reg.burma */
/* -------------" Security Council Resolution 688 (1991) "------------- */
Followings are the text and contents of the Security Council Resolution
688 - in relation with the Kurdish refugees in Iraq in 1991. It is time
for our Burma's prodemocracy groups to lobby intensively to the
Secretary-General and Security Council. I've already send my appeal
to Secretary-General to give necessary attention to Burma matters.
We appeal our friends on the net to give us professional supports
to this matter. -- U Ne Oo.
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TEXT OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 688.
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UNITED NATIONS
Security Council
Distr. GENERAL
S/RES/688 (1991)
5 April 1991
RESOLUTION 688 (1991)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 2982nd meeting, on 5 April 1991
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The Security Council,
MINDFUL of its duties and its responsibilities under the Charter of the
United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security,
RECALLING Article 2, Paragraph 7, of the Charter of the United Nations,
GRAVELY CONCERNED by the repression of the Iraqi civilian population in
many parts of Iraq, including most recently in Kurdish populated areas
which led to a massive flow of refugees towards and across international
frontiers and to cross border incursions, which threaten international
peace and security in the region,
DEEPLY DISTURBED by the magnitude of the human suffering involved,
TAKING NOTE of the letters sent by the representatives of Turkey and France
to the United Nations dated 2 April 1991 and 4 April 1991, respectively
(S/22435 and S/22442),
TAKING NOTE ALSO of the letters sent by the Premanent Representative of
Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations dated 3 and 4 April 1991,
respectively (S/22436 and S/22447),
REAFFIRMING the commitment of all Member States to the sovereignty,
territorial integrity and political independence of Iraq and of all States
in the area,
BEARING IN MIND the Secretary-General's report of 20 March 1991 (S/22366),
1. CONDEMNS the repression of the Iraqi civilian population in many parts
of Iraq, including most recently in Kurdish populated areas, the
consequences of which threaten international peace and security in the
region;
2. DEMANDS that Iraq, as a contribution to removing the threat to
international peace and security in the region, immediately end this
repression and expresses the hope in the same context that an open dialogue
will take place to ensure that the human and political rights of all Iraqi
citizens are respected;
3. INSISITS that Iraq allow immediate access by international humanitarian
organizations to all those in need of assistance in all parts of Iraq and
to make available all necessary facilities for their operations;
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General to pursue his humanitarian efforts in
Iraq and to report forthwith, if appropriate on the basis of a further
mission to the region, on the plight of the Iraqi civilian population, and
in particular the Kurdish population, suffering from the repression in all
its forms inflicted by the Iraqi authorities;
5. REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to use all the resources at his
disposal, including those of the relevant United Nations agencies, to
address urgently the critical needs of the refugees and displaced Iraqi
population;
6. APPEALS to all Member States and to all humanitarian organizations to
contribute to these humanitarian relief efforts;
7. DEMANDS that Iraq cooperate with the Secretary-General to these ends;
8. DECIDES to remain seized of the matter
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LETTER FROM REPRESENTATIVE OF TURKEY TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL
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UNITED NATIONS
Security Council
Distr. GENERAL
S/22435
3 April 1991
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
LETTER DATED 2 APRIL 1991 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TURKEY TO
THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL
Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour to inform you that
owing to the action taken by the Iraqi army against the local population in
Northern Iraq, approximately 220,000 Iraqi citizens, many of them women and
children, are currently massed along the Turkish border.
It is apparent that the Iraqi Government forces are deliberately pressing
these people towards the Turkish border in order to drive them out of their
country. These actions violate all norms of behaviour towards civilian
populations and constitute an excessive use of force and a threat to the
region's peace and security. In the course of the Iraqi operations, which
are being carried out with the support of helicopters and artillery, many
mortar shells have actually landed on Turkish territory.
Turkey is taking appropriate action to bring urgent humanitarian assistance
to the affected Iraqi civilians. It is expected that the heavy burden of
caring for these victims of repression will be shared by international
organizations as well as by those countries in a position to assist.
I request that a meeting of the Security Council be convened immediately to
consider this alarming situation and to adopt the necessary measures to put
an end to this inhuman repression being carried out on a massived scale.
(Signed) Mustafa AKSIN
Ambassador
Permanent Representative.
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LETTER FROM U.N. REPRESENTATIVE OF IRAN TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL
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UNITED NATIONS
Security Council
Distr. GENERAL
4 April 1991
S/22447
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
LETTER DATED 4 APRIL 1991 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE
SECRETARY-GENERAL
Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour to bring to your
urgent attention the desperate situation of Iraqi civilians who are
crossing all along the border into the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Events in Iraq and the method by which Iraqi military has dealt with the
uprising of Iraqi population has lead to uprooting and driving of hundreds
of thousands of them towards the neighbouring countires. It is estimated
that about 500,000 Iraqi civilians will try to cross the borders into Iran
within a very short period of time of the next few days.
Up until noon today, more than 110,000 Iraqi civilians have already crossed
the border into Iran along the border including more than 45,000 in the
North. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people and thier vehicles, forming a
line of more than 60 kilometers, are crossing into Iran at the only paved
road at Haji Omran border post. Thousands of other Iraqi people including
elderly and children, many on bare foot in mountainous areas in the north
and under heart-breaking circumstances are trying to escape the military
attacks and find refuge in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The influx of
refugees is also continuing in the South, albeit at a slower pace.
The Islamic Republic of Iran - in line with its long standing policy and in
spite of the hardships it is facing - has kept its borders open to Iraqi
people escaping repression so as to decrease the pressure upon them. The
influx of refugees in addition to its obvious economic and social problems
has caused tension and chaos at the borders of the Islamic Republic of
Iran.
The prolongation of the situation, with its implications for Iraq's
neighbours, will have consequences that in fact threaten regional peace and
security. The magnitude of the suffering of Iraqi refugees, its
international character and its consequences for regional peace and
security make a concerted international reaction by the Security Council of
the UNited Nations a political humanitarian imperative.
It will be highly appreciated if this letter were circulated as a document
of the Security Council.
(Signed) Kamal KHARRAZI
Ambassador
Permanent Representative
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