1991 to 2003

• • April 1991: UNIKOM (UN - Iraq/Kuwait Observer Mission) set up

  Monitor + protect demilitarised zone along border

  Power to use force if needed (reflect UN's more confident approach)

  • 1990s: UN carried out weapons inspections in Iraq

  Found many weapons/technology

  • Iraq thought to be developing WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction)

  Iraqi government tried to interfere with inspections and the UN proposed economic sanctions
• Economic sanctions made Iraqi people suffer, not government. Divisions in security council (permanent 5)

  • Russia + France wanted to end sanctions
  • Britain + USA refused

  All agreed on Humanitarian Aid

  • Estimated 500,000 children died as a result of sanctions.