United Nations Security Council Resolution 660

UN Security Council
Resolution 660
UN Security Council; Resolution 660
	Kuwaiti oil fields on fire
Date	2 August 1990
Meeting no.	2,932
Code	S/RES/660 (Document)
Subject	Iraq–Kuwait
Voting summary	14 voted for; None voted against; None abstained; 1 present not voting;
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China; France; United Kingdom; United States; Soviet Union;
Non-permanent members	Canada; Colombia; Cuba; Ethiopia; Finland; Ivory Coast; Malaysia; Romania; Yemen; Zaire;

United Nations Security Council resolution 660, adopted on 2 August 1990, after noting its alarm of the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, the council condemned the invasion and demanded Iraq withdraw immediately and unconditionally to positions as they were on 1 August 1990.

Yemen called upon Iraq and Kuwait to enter into immediate negotiations to resolve their differences, thanking the Arab League for its efforts.^[1] Talks between both sides broke down the day before in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.^[2] The council also decided to meet again as necessary to ensure compliance with the current resolution.

The resolution was adopted by 14 votes to none, while Yemen did not participate in voting. It was the first of twelve resolutions on the conflict passed in 1990.

^ United Nations: Department of Political Affairs (1989). Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council: Supplement 1989–1992. United Nations Publications. p. 570. ISBN 978-92-1-137030-0.
^ "Aug 1990 – Chronology of August events in the Gulf". Keesing's Record of World Events. 36: 37634. 1990. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011.

[1] United Nations: Department of Political Affairs (1989). Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council: Supplement 1989–1992. United Nations Publications. p. 570. ISBN 978-92-1-137030-0.

[2] "Aug 1990 – Chronology of August events in the Gulf". Keesing's Record of World Events. 36: 37634. 1990. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011.

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