United Nations Security Council Resolution 678
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 is a UN security council resolution authorizing member states to "use all necessary means to uphold and implement resolution 660 and all subsequent relevant resolutions and to restore international peace and security"[1] to the Persian Gulf region, following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. It effectively authorized the use of force by member states against Iraq to repel its invasion. It was the final UN security council resolution regarding the matter prior to the coalition military action.
The resolution was adopted on 29 November 1990, at the 2963rd meeting by 12 votes to two (Cuba and Yemen) and one abstention (China).
The resolution was used by the UK in 2003 to claim legal justification for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. See Iraq_disarmament_crisis#Authority_under_International_Law.
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