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UN Security Council Resolution 678, Iraq / Kuwait

Published November 29, 1990

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UN Security Council Resolution 678, Iraq / Kuwait

The resolution is an update of Security Council resolution 660 and ultimately gives authorization for invasion. "Authorizes Member States ... to use all necessary means" to bring Iraq into compliance with previous Security Council resolutions if it did not do so by 15 January 1991.

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