In a report on implementing Resolution 598, Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar concluded that Iraq bore responsibility for initiating the conflict. Iran had long sought formal recognition of the 1980 invasion. The finding came after the 1988 ceasefire and did not itself settle reparations or undo the human and material losses of the war.
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Who did the UN Secretary-General hold responsible for initiating the war in his 1991 report?
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The report on Resolution 598 concluded that Iraq bore responsibility for starting the conflict.
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