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Iraq in 2002

Historical records for Iraq in 2002, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

12Records
5Events
1Named people
0Places
4Categories

Historical records

September

September 2002International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)Saddam Hussein

Warfare / United Nations

UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

September 2002Invasion of IraqSaddam Hussein

Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

September 2002Invasion of IraqSaddam Hussein

Warfare / United Nations

UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

September 2002UN Resolution 1441Saddam Hussein

Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

September 2002UN Resolution 1441Saddam Hussein

Warfare / United Nations

UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

November

13 November 2002Invasion of IraqSaddam Hussein

Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

Hussein accepts the resolution on November 13 and inspectors returned to Iraq under the direction of UNMOVIC chairman Hans Blix and IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei

Other Events

2002UN Security CouncilSaddam Hussein

Warfare / Military

The United Nations Security Council issues resolution 1441 authorizing new inspections in Iraq

2002UN Security CouncilSaddam Hussein

Warfare / United Nations

The United Nations Security Council issues resolution 1441 authorizing new inspections in Iraq

2002Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)Saddam Hussein

Government / Ba'ath Socialist Party

In late 2002 Saddam Hussein, in a letter to Hans Blix, invites United Nations weapons inspectors back into the country

2002Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)Saddam Hussein

Warfare / Military

In late 2002 Saddam Hussein, in a letter to Hans Blix, invites United Nations weapons inspectors back into the country

2002Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)Saddam Hussein

Warfare / Military

The United Nations Security Council issues resolution 1441 authorizing new inspections in Iraq

2002Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)Saddam Hussein

Warfare / United Nations

The United Nations Security Council issues resolution 1441 authorizing new inspections in Iraq. The carefully worded United Nations resolution put the burden on Iraq, not U.N. inspectors, to prove that they no longer had weapons of mass destruction

Names involved

Saddam Hussein

Provenance

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