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Subject: TEXT OF SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 688.

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Followings are the text and contents of the Security Council Resolution
688 - in relation with the Kurdish refugees in Iraq in 1991. It is time
for our Burma's prodemocracy groups to lobby intensively to the
Secretary-General and Security Council. I've already send my appeal
to Secretary-General to give necessary attention to Burma matters.
We appeal our friends on the net to give us professional supports
to this matter. -- U Ne Oo.
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TEXT OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 688.
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UNITED NATIONS
Security Council

Distr. GENERAL
S/RES/688 (1991)
5 April 1991

RESOLUTION 688 (1991)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 2982nd meeting, on 5 April 1991
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The Security Council,

MINDFUL  of  its  duties  and its responsibilities under the Charter of the
United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security,

RECALLING Article 2, Paragraph 7, of the Charter of the United Nations,

GRAVELY CONCERNED by the repression of the  Iraqi  civilian  population  in
many  parts  of  Iraq,  including  most recently in Kurdish populated areas
which led to a massive flow of refugees towards  and  across  international
frontiers  and  to  cross  border  incursions, which threaten international
peace and security in the region,

DEEPLY DISTURBED by the magnitude of the human suffering involved,

TAKING NOTE of the letters sent by the representatives of Turkey and France
to  the  United  Nations  dated 2 April 1991 and 4 April 1991, respectively
(S/22435 and S/22442),

TAKING NOTE ALSO of the letters sent by  the  Premanent  Representative  of
Islamic  Republic  of  Iran to the United Nations dated 3 and 4 April 1991,
respectively (S/22436 and S/22447),

REAFFIRMING the  commitment  of  all  Member  States  to  the  sovereignty,
territorial  integrity and political independence of Iraq and of all States
in the area,

BEARING IN MIND the Secretary-General's report of 20 March 1991 (S/22366),

1. CONDEMNS the repression of the Iraqi civilian population in  many  parts
of   Iraq,   including  most  recently  in  Kurdish  populated  areas,  the
consequences of which threaten international  peace  and  security  in  the
region;

2.  DEMANDS  that  Iraq,  as  a  contribution  to  removing  the  threat to
international peace and  security  in  the  region,  immediately  end  this
repression and expresses the hope in the same context that an open dialogue
will  take place to ensure that the human and political rights of all Iraqi
citizens are respected;

3. INSISITS that Iraq allow immediate access by international  humanitarian
organizations  to  all those in need of assistance in all parts of Iraq and
to make available all necessary facilities for their operations;

4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General to pursue  his  humanitarian  efforts  in
Iraq  and  to  report  forthwith,  if appropriate on the basis of a further
mission to the region, on the plight of the Iraqi civilian population,  and
in  particular the Kurdish population, suffering from the repression in all
its forms inflicted by the Iraqi authorities;

5. REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to use all the resources  at  his
disposal,  including  those  of  the  relevant  United Nations agencies, to
address urgently the critical needs of the  refugees  and  displaced  Iraqi
population;

6.  APPEALS  to  all Member States and to all humanitarian organizations to
contribute to these humanitarian relief efforts;

7. DEMANDS that Iraq cooperate with the Secretary-General to these ends;

8. DECIDES to remain seized of the matter
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LETTER FROM REPRESENTATIVE OF TURKEY TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL
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UNITED NATIONS
Security Council

Distr. GENERAL
S/22435
3 April 1991

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

LETTER DATED 2 APRIL 1991 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE  OF  TURKEY  TO
THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL

Upon  instructions from my Government, I have the honour to inform you that
owing to the action taken by the Iraqi army against the local population in
Northern Iraq, approximately 220,000 Iraqi citizens, many of them women and
children, are currently massed along the Turkish border.

It is apparent that the Iraqi Government forces are  deliberately  pressing
these people towards the Turkish border in order to drive them out of their
country.  These  actions  violate  all  norms of behaviour towards civilian
populations and constitute an excessive use of force and a  threat  to  the
region's  peace  and security. In the course of the Iraqi operations, which
are being carried out with the support of helicopters and  artillery,  many
mortar shells have actually landed on Turkish territory.

Turkey is taking appropriate action to bring urgent humanitarian assistance
to  the  affected  Iraqi civilians. It is expected that the heavy burden of
caring for these victims of repression  will  be  shared  by  international
organizations as well as by those countries in a position to assist.

I request that a meeting of the Security Council be convened immediately to
consider this alarming situation and to adopt the necessary measures to put
an end to this inhuman repression being carried out on a massived scale.

(Signed) Mustafa AKSIN
Ambassador
Permanent Representative.
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LETTER FROM U.N. REPRESENTATIVE OF IRAN TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL
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UNITED NATIONS
Security Council

Distr. GENERAL
4 April 1991
S/22447

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

LETTER DATED 4 APRIL 1991 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE
SECRETARY-GENERAL

Upon  instructions  from  my Government, I have the honour to bring to your
urgent attention  the  desperate  situation  of  Iraqi  civilians  who  are
crossing all along the border into the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Events  in  Iraq  and the method by which Iraqi military has dealt with the
uprising of Iraqi population has lead to uprooting and driving of  hundreds
of  thousands  of  them towards the neighbouring countires. It is estimated
that about 500,000 Iraqi civilians will try to cross the borders into  Iran
within a very short period of time of the next few days.

Up until noon today, more than 110,000 Iraqi civilians have already crossed
the  border  into  Iran  along the border including more than 45,000 in the
North. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people and thier vehicles, forming  a
line  of  more than 60 kilometers, are crossing into Iran at the only paved
road at Haji Omran border post. Thousands of other Iraqi  people  including
elderly  and  children, many on bare foot in mountainous areas in the north
and under heart-breaking circumstances are trying to  escape  the  military
attacks  and  find  refuge  in  the Islamic Republic of Iran. The influx of
refugees is also continuing in the South, albeit at a slower pace.

The Islamic Republic of Iran - in line with its long standing policy and in
spite of the hardships it is facing - has kept its borders  open  to  Iraqi
people  escaping  repression  so as to decrease the pressure upon them. The
influx of refugees in addition to its obvious economic and social  problems
has  caused  tension  and  chaos  at the borders of the Islamic Republic of
Iran.

The prolongation  of  the  situation,  with  its  implications  for  Iraq's
neighbours, will have consequences that in fact threaten regional peace and
security.   The   magnitude   of  the  suffering  of  Iraqi  refugees,  its
international  character  and  its  consequences  for  regional  peace  and
security make a concerted international reaction by the Security Council of
the UNited Nations a political humanitarian imperative.

It  will be highly appreciated if this letter were circulated as a document
of the Security Council.

(Signed) Kamal KHARRAZI
Ambassador
Permanent Representative

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