United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission

A UN weapons inspector in Iraq in 2002, before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) was created through the adoption of United Nations Security Council resolution 1284 of 17 December 1999 and its mission lasted until June 2007.[1]

UNMOVIC was meant to replace the former United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) to carry on with the mandate to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), and to operate a system of ongoing monitoring and verification to check Iraq's compliance with its obligations not to reacquire the same weapons banned by the Security Council.

  1. ^ United Nations Security Council Resolution 1284. S/RES/1284(1999) 17 December 1999. Retrieved 2008-04-10.