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Draft Resolution of the Security Council Jointly Proposed by Japan and the United Kingdom (Resolution 1154)

March, 1998

Japan and the United Kingdom have jointly proposed a new resolution for adoption by the Security Council. The draft resolution would welcome the memorandum of understanding signed by Secretary General Kofi Annan and Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz of Iraq and give it a Security Council endorsement. At the same time, the draft resolution would send, in the name of the Security Council, a clear message to Iraq that it should carry out its obligations entirely.

After discussions among members of the Security Council, the resolution proposed jointly by Japan and the United Kingdom was adopted by a unanimous vote at the Security Council during the evening session on March 2, New York time (or in the morning of March 3, Japan time).

Note: Highlights of Resolution 1154 of the U.N. Security Council

  1. The Security Council applauds the initiative taken by the Secretary General of the United Nations, endorses the memorandum of understanding signed by Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz of Iraq and Secretary General Kofi Annan, and looks forward to an early and complete implementation of the agreement.
  2. The Security Council requests Secretary General Kofi Annan to draw up as soon as possible procedures of access to the "presidential sites" in consultation with the chairman of the UNSCOM and the Secretary General of IAEA and to report the result to the Security Council.
  3. It is necessary for Iraq to fulfill its obligations to provide UNSCOM and IAEA with immediate, unconditional and unrestricted access to the "presidential sites", and the Security Council stresses that any contravention of its obligations will bring the severest consequences to Iraq.
  4. The Security Council affirms its intention to act in accordance with the provision of resolution 687 relating to the period of sanctions.
  5. To ensure the implementation of resolution 1154 and secure peace and security of this region, the Security Council has decided to get actively involved continuously in this matter.

RESOLUTION 1154 (1998)

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