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Resolution 678 authorises all necessary means against Iraq

29 Nov 1990 · Elected governments

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The UN and peace

All events 1945 · UN Charter enters into force after P5 ratification 1948 · Security Council Resolution 47 calls for Kashmir plebiscite 1956 · General Assembly creates UNEF after UK-French vetoes on Suez 1990 · Resolution 678 authorises all necessary means against Iraq 1994 · UNAMIR cut from 2,165 to 270 during Rwanda genocide 2004 · Annan says 2003 Iraq war was not in line with Charter 2005 · World Summit endorses the Responsibility to Protect

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2011 · Resolution 1973 authorises no-fly zone over Libya 2022 · General Assembly demands Russian withdrawal from Ukraine, 141 votes 2023 · US vetoes Gaza ceasefire draft after Guterres invokes Article 99 2025 · Pakistan begins two-year UNSC non-permanent term

Post-Cold War high point: the Council authorised force to reverse Iraq's annexation of Kuwait, acting as the Charter intended.

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Has the United Nations been sidelined as guarantor of international peace and security?

“Supports” means it backs the claim: The UN has been sidelined as guarantor of international peace and security.

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