Organization of the United NATIONS (Reuters) - the United Nations on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to develop a civilian nuclear program, ending 19 - year - old restrictions Iraq Security Council seeks to prevent the country from developing nuclear weapons.
In two other resolutions, the Council of nation 15 liquidation program controversial oil against Iraq's food and 30 June 2011, the value end all immunities Baghdad protection claims relate to the period where former leader Saddam Hussein's Iraq was in power.
"The adoption of important resolutions marks the beginning of the end of the regime of sanctions and restriction on Iraq sovereignty, independence and recovery," Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari the Iraq told the Council.
"Our people good news is to shot a chapter on aggressive, confrontational and defiant of the former regime behavior to international law and the legitimacy," he said.
After its invasion of the Kuwait 1990, Iraq was hit by a series of United Nations measures prohibiting the import of chemicals and nuclear technology that could be used in its atomic, chemical and biological weapons programs secret. These restrictions were in place over the past two decades.
Baghdad keep pay 5 per cent of its oil revenues as war reparations Kuwait despite Iraq appeals most to renegotiation of these payments, so it can use more oil money needed development projects.
Iraq must still Kuwait almost 22 billion dollars in repairs, said diplomats Westerners. Zebari said there "for hundreds of applications" journalists against the Iraq made by Governments and individuals.
It is not clear immediately what the total value of these claims.
In a statement read by us Vice President Joe Biden, the Council welcomes improvements in Iraq relations and its neighbour and encouraged Kuwait "quickly fill its remaining obligations under resolutions concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait.".
The Council accepted the Declaration unanimously.
"THE COMMITMENT TO THE NON-PROLIFERATION.
Diplomats said this recognition of the Iraq border Kuwait, a country that Saddam's Government has called "19th province" of the Iraq. There are also unresolved issues related to the Kuwaiti archives and missing persons.
Biden, who chaired the meeting U.S. capacity as President of the security of this month, said the moves "in recognition of commitment Iraq." non-proliferation
The United States intends to withdraw its remaining troops from Iraq next year and wants to present the country back to normal despite the violence.
' Course, political reasons to show progress in Iraq, United States it y ", said a senior diplomat Board of another country.
The only resolution is not adopted unanimously was the oil for food. France have abstained, a diplomat said Reuters was because it believes that the text did not sufficient guarantees that the Paris-based Bank, BNP Paribas would have any financial step crashed on its participation in the program.
Gerard Araud Ambassador told the Council that resolution is not "all the safeguards that we believe need wrap-up program." It was not specified.
Oil program against United Nations, which ran from 1996 to 2003, food was established to assist the Iraqi people to deal with the United Nations sanctions after Iraq Kuwait 1990 invasion. The Baghdad program to sell oil to buy humanitarian goods, but it became the subject of investigations into fraud after the invasion led by United States 2003.
In February the Commission stated that it would waive civil Iraq after nuclear curbs that it has ratified a number of international agreements, including the so-called Protocol on intrusive inspections of United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency.
Council lifted the restrictions, even if the Iraqi Parliament has yet to ratify the Protocol of the IAEA.
The resolution urges Iraq to ratify this Protocol "as soon as possible" and calls for a 12-month review progress. Iraq has promised to implement the Protocol prior to ratification.
Protocol of the IAEA, intrusive inspection scheme aimed at smoking out secret nuclear activities was discovered in 1991, IAEA atomic bomb Iraq's illegal program.
Prior to their invasion of the Iraq in March 2003, the United States and Britain had accused secret Baghdad to revive its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs. Claims proved to be incorrect.
(Editing by Xavier Briand)
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