Operation Dessert Storm

• Operation Dessert Storm

  Enforced UN's resolution for peace and security with troops instead of just negotiation.

  • Allowed by UN charter

  Relied on member states for troops, resources and funding

  US led forces + directed operations - coalition included Arab states too (Egypt and Syria)
• 17 January 1991: First air attack

  24 February 1991: Ground operation began

  28 February 1991: Iraq accept all UN resolutions

  • Quick and successful, confidence in the UN grew and it became increasingly willing to intervene elsewhere.