Press TV: UN Security Council removes Iraq from Chapter 7 of Charter

This story is regarding the withdrawal of chapter 7 status of the charter.  (I hope I got that right). I don't know exactly how this works in its entirety, but I know enough to know that it's a significant marker for favorable restructuring the world economy.  This is what has been anticipated and what was mentioned in Scott Mowry's latest article.  This new comes from Geoffrey West of CVN blogtalk radio: 

"PressTV.ir in Iran appears to have been the first among major media outlets to have broken the news that the UN Security Council has today voted unanimously to lift the Chapter VII article against Iraq, and allow several other issues to be resolved under the Chapter VI article. The primary outstanding issue relating to Chapter VII is the repayment of Iraq's debt to Kuwait, a debt that Kuwait reports will be paid off by 2015 if the current payments continue. 

This APPEARS to a significant step forward for those who have been waiting for tangible, concrete proof that these issues are being made known publicly, instead of through secret meetings and a network of rumourmill sources claiming to have access to information that mostly never seems to materialize as truth. Today's news finally offers something provable and concrete that the media and the public can now see and follow!"

United Nations Security Council Chamber

UN Security Council votes to remove Iraq from Chapter 7 of Charter
June 27, 2013 
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/27/311111/unsc-removes-iraq-from-chapter-7/

The UN Security Council has voted to remove Iraq from Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, unanimously agreeing to lift the UN sanctions imposed on Baghdad following the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by the executed dictator Saddam Hussein.

On Thursday, the 15-memebr body agreed that the issue of missing Kuwaiti people, property and archives should be handled under Chapter 6, instead of Chapter 7.

Chapter 6 of the UN Charter urges peaceful resolution of any conflict between the countries, while Chapter 7 authorizes the council to allow measures such as sanctions or military intervention if countries do not meet its demands.

The council’s resolution recognized “the importance of Iraq achieving international standing equal to that which it held prior to (1990).”


The decision is regarded as a major political upgrade for Iraq as it struggles to restore its international status a decade after the US-led invasion toppled Saddam in 2003.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari praised the council’s move, saying the move heralds a new start for the ties between Iraq and Kuwait.

“This is a new beginning for the relations between our two neighborly and brotherly countries. This is an example for other countries also to resolve their disputes and differences through peaceful means,” he said.

UN diplomatic sources say the only issues regarding Iraq's invasion of Kuwait which remain under Chapter 7 are an arms ban and the country’s payment of USD 52 billion in compensation to Kuwait.

Iraq still owes USD 11 billion to Kuwait. It hopes to settle it by 2015.

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