27 March 1996
Adopted by the Security Council at its
3644th meeting,
on 27 March 1996
section C thereof, its resolution 707 (1991)
of 15 August 1991 and its
resolution 715 (1991) of 11 October 1991 and the
plans for ongoing monitoring
and verification approved
thereunder,
Committee established under resolution
661 (1990), the Special Commission and
the Director General of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to develop
in cooperation a
mechanism for monitoring any future sales or supplies by other
countries to
Iraq of items relevant to the implementation of section C of
resolution
687 (1991) and other relevant resolutions, including resolution
715 (1991)
and the plans approved thereunder,
President of the Council from
the Chairman of the Committee established under
resolution 661 (1990),
annex I of which contains the provisions for the
mechanism for export/import
monitoring called for in paragraph 7 of resolution
715 (1991),
of ongoing monitoring and verification by the
Special Commission and the IAEA,
international licensing, but
rather for the timely provision of information by
States in which companies
are located which are contemplating sales or supplies
to Iraq of items
covered by the plans for ongoing monitoring and verification
and will not
impede Iraq's legitimate right to import or export for
non-proscribed
purposes, items and technology necessary for the promotion of its
economic
and social development,
687 (1991) and 715 (1991), the
provisions for the monitoring mechanism contained in annex I of the
aforementioned letter of 7 December 1995 (S/1995/1017),
subject to the terms
of this resolution;
the monitoring mechanism contained
in the letter of 17 July 1995 from the
Chairman of the Special Commission to
the Chairman of the Committee established
under resolution 661 (1990) which
is contained in annex II of the aforementioned
letter of 7 December 1995
(S/1995/1017);
prejudice to and shall not impair the operation
of existing or future
non-proliferation agreements or regimes on the
international or regional level
including arrangements referred to in
resolution 687 (1991), nor shall such
agreements or regimes impair the
operation of the mechanism;
resolutions, that requests by
other States for sales to Iraq or requests by Iraq
for import of any item or
technology to which the mechanism applies shall
continue to be addressed to
the Committee established under resolution
661 (1990) for decision by that
Committee in accordance with paragraph 4 of the
mechanism;
States shall:
the Director General of the IAEA under
paragraph 16 of the mechanism the
notifications, with the data from
potential exporters, and all other relevant
information when available to
the States, as requested in the mechanism on the
intended sale or supply
from their territories of any items or technologies
which are subject to
such notification in accordance with paragraphs 9, 11, 13,
24, 25, 27 and 28
of the mechanism;
and 28 of the mechanism, any information they may
have at their disposal or may
receive from suppliers in their territories of
attempts to circumvent the
mechanism or to supply Iraq with items prohibited
to Iraq under the plans for
ongoing monitoring and verification approved by
resolution 715 (1991), or where
the procedures for special exceptions laid
down in paragraphs 24 and 25 of the
mechanism have not been followed by
Iraq;
be provided to the joint unit by Iraq, in respect of
all items and technologies
referred to in paragraph 12 of the mechanism, as
from the date agreed upon
between the Special Commission and the Director
General of the IAEA and Iraq,
and in any event not later than sixty days
after the adoption of this
resolution;
be provided to
the joint unit by all other States as from the date the
Secretary-General
and the Director General of the IAEA, after their
consultations with the
members of the Council and other interested States,
report to the Council
indicating that they are satisfied with the preparedness
of States for the
effective implementation of the mechanism;
treated as
confidential and restricted to the Special Commission and the IAEA,
to the
extent that this is consistent with their respective responsibilities
under
resolution 715 (1991), other relevant resolutions and the plans for
ongoing
monitoring and verification approved under resolution
715 (1991);
technologies so require, that the Council would
be prepared to review the
mechanism in order to determine whether any
changes are required and that the
annexes to the plans for ongoing
monitoring and verification approved under
resolution 715 (1991), which
identify the items and technologies to be notified
under the mechanism, may
be amended in accordance with the plans, after
appropriate consultations
with interested States and, as laid down in the plans,
after notification to
the Council;
661 (1990) and the Special Commission shall
carry out the functions assigned to
them under the mechanism, until the
Council decides otherwise;
assistance and cooperation of the
Special Commission, the functions assigned to
him under the
mechanism;
fully with the Committee established under
resolution 661 (1990), the Special
Commission and the Director General of
the IAEA in the fulfilment of their tasks
in connection with the mechanism,
including supplying such information as may be
sought by them in
implementation of the mechanism;
may be necessary under
their national procedures to implement the
mechanism;
adoption of this resolution, be provided by the
Special Commission and the
Director General of the IAEA with information
necessary to make preparatory
arrangements at the national level prior to
the implementation of the provisions
of the
mechanism;
mechanism approved by this resolution and
cooperate fully with the Special
Commission and the Director General of the
IAEA in the carrying out of their
tasks under this resolution and the
mechanism by such means as they may
determine in accordance with their
mandates from the Council;
under its resolutions 699 (1991),
715 (1991) and this resolution and to request
the Secretary-General and the
Director General of the IAEA to submit such
consolidated progress reports
every six months to the Council, commencing on
11 April 1996;