VOL. XLVI

No 21

26-May-2003

IRAQ

Security Council Resolution Lifts Sanctions On Iraq

The following is the text of UN Security Council Resolution 1483 (2003) adopted on 22 May by vote of 14 in favor to none against with Syria not participating (Syria later announced that it supported the resolution):

THE SECURITY COUNCIL,

RECALLING all its previous relevant resolutions,

REAFFIRMING the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq,

REAFFIRMING also the importance of the disarmament of Iraqi weapons...