U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (1st R) talks with Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari (2nd R) and U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice during a United Nations Security Council high level meeting on Iraq at the UN headquarters in New York, Dec. 15, 2010. The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution to lift the Saddam-era sanctions against Iraq, which was imposed in 1991. In the new resolution, the 15-nation council decided to lift most international sanctions imposed on Iraq under the rule of former President Saddam Hussein. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)U.N. Security Council Ends Key Iraq Sanctions -- L.A. Times
The country is now free to develop a civilian nuclear program, and it regains control of its oil revenue.
Reporting from Washington and Baghdad — The U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to lift key sanctions on Iraq, in a major step to restore the nation to the international standing it had before Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
The council lifted restrictions aimed at preventing Iraq from developing weapons of mass destruction, opening the way for Baghdad to eventually build civilian nuclear plants. It also ordered the dismantling next June of the U.N. programs that since 1995 have given foreign powers control over how Iraq has spent its huge oil revenue.
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U.N. Security Council ends major sanctions on Ira
Reporting from Washington and Baghdad — The U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to lift key sanctions on Iraq, in a major step to restore the nation to the international standing it had before Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
The council lifted restrictions aimed at preventing Iraq from developing weapons of mass destruction, opening the way for Baghdad to eventually build civilian nuclear plants. It also ordered the dismantling next June of the U.N. programs that since 1995 have given foreign powers control over how Iraq has spent its huge oil revenue.
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My Comment: Mission accomplished?
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My Comment: Mission accomplished?