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UN Security Council
Resolution 598
Iran–Iraq War
Date20 July 1987
Meeting no.2,750
CodeS/RES/598 (Document)
SubjectIraq-Islamic Republic of Iran
Voting summary
  • 15 voted for
  • None voted against
  • None abstained
ResultAdopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members
Non-permanent members
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United Nations Security Council resolution 598 S/RES/0598 (1987), (UNSC resolution 598) [1] adopted unanimously on 20 July 1987, after recalling Resolution 582 and 588, called for an immediate ceasefire between Iran and Iraq and the repatriation of prisoners of war, and for both sides to withdraw to the international border. The resolution requested the Secretary-General to dispatch a team of observers to monitor the ceasefire while a permanent settlement was reached to end the conflict. It became effective on 8 August 1988, ending all combat operations between the two countries and the Iran–Iraq War.

Both sides eventually withdrew to the international border in the coming weeks, with Resolution 598 becoming effective on 8 August, ending all combat operations between the two countries.[2] UN peacekeepers belonging to the UNIIMOG mission took the field, remaining on the Iran–Iraq border until 1991. While the war was now over, Iraq spent the rest of August and early September clearing the Kurdish resistance. Using 60,000 troops along with helicopter gunships, chemical weapons (poison gas), and mass executions, Iraq hit 15 villages with poison gas, killing many rebels and civilians, and forced tens of thousands of Kurds to relocate to settlements.[3] Many Kurdish civilians immigrated to Iran. By 3 September 1988, the anti-Kurdish campaign ended and all resistance was crushed.[3] 400 Iraqi soldiers and 50,000 Kurdish civilians and soldiers had been killed.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.cfr.org/iran/un-security-council-resolution-598-iran-iraq/p11200
  2. ^ Dodds, Joanna; Wilson, Ben (6 June 2009). "The Iran-Iraq War: Unattainable Objectives". Middle East Review of International Affairs. 13 (2).
  3. ^ a b c "Phase Five: New Iranian Efforts at "Final Offensives", 1986–1887". The Lessons of Modern War – Volume II: Iran–Iraq War (PDF). Center for Strategic and International Studies.
  4. ^ Wong, Edward (5 April 2006). "Hussein charged with genocide in 50,000 deaths". The New York Times.
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