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9
December
1991

UN Secretary-General assigns Iraq responsibility for starting the war

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📅 9 December 1991 📍 Iran

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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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

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United Nations

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