UN Security Council Resolution 678
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UN Security Council Resolution 678 was the 1990 UN measure that authorized member states to use "all necessary means," including military force, to compel Iraq’s withdrawal from Kuwait, effectively providing the legal basis for the Gulf War coalition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UN Security Council Resolution 678 canonical | 4 |
| United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T104982 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: UN Security Council Resolution 678 Context triple: [Gulf War, UNResolution, UN Security Council Resolution 678]
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A.
UN Security Council Resolution 660
UN Security Council Resolution 660 is the 1990 measure by which the UN condemned Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and demanded its immediate withdrawal, laying a key legal foundation for the Gulf War response.
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B.
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 is the 2005 UN measure that established January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and urged global education and commemoration of the Holocaust.
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C.
UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262
UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 is a 2014 UN General Assembly measure affirming Ukraine’s territorial integrity and declaring the Crimean referendum and subsequent annexation by Russia to have no validity.
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D.
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 is the 2012 UN measure that upgraded Palestine’s status to that of a non-member observer state, widely seen as a de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood.
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E.
United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council is the UN body responsible for maintaining international peace and security, with the authority to adopt binding resolutions, impose sanctions, and authorize the use of force.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UN Security Council Resolution 678 Target entity description: UN Security Council Resolution 678 was the 1990 UN measure that authorized member states to use "all necessary means," including military force, to compel Iraq’s withdrawal from Kuwait, effectively providing the legal basis for the Gulf War coalition.
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A.
UN Security Council Resolution 660
UN Security Council Resolution 660 is the 1990 measure by which the UN condemned Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and demanded its immediate withdrawal, laying a key legal foundation for the Gulf War response.
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B.
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 is the 2005 UN measure that established January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and urged global education and commemoration of the Holocaust.
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C.
UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262
UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 is a 2014 UN General Assembly measure affirming Ukraine’s territorial integrity and declaring the Crimean referendum and subsequent annexation by Russia to have no validity.
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D.
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 is the 2012 UN measure that upgraded Palestine’s status to that of a non-member observer state, widely seen as a de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood.
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E.
United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council is the UN body responsible for maintaining international peace and security, with the authority to adopt binding resolutions, impose sanctions, and authorize the use of force.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations Security Council resolution
ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ |
| abstaining |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
|
| abstentions | 1 ⓘ |
| actingUnder | Article 42 of the UN Charter (implicitly via Chapter VII) ⓘ |
| authorizedMemberStates | to use all necessary means after 1991-01-15 if Iraq did not comply ⓘ |
| authorizedUseOfForce |
all necessary means
ⓘ
military force ⓘ |
| chapterInvoked | Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ |
| conflictContext |
Gulf War
ⓘ
surface form:
1990–1991 Gulf crisis
Gulf War ⓘ |
| countryConcerned | Kuwait ⓘ |
| countryTargeted | Iraq ⓘ |
| dateAdopted | 1990-11-29 ⓘ |
| deadlineForCompliance | 1991-01-15 ⓘ |
| demanded |
Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait
ⓘ
compliance with subsequent relevant Security Council resolutions on Iraq–Kuwait ⓘ full implementation of Resolution 660 (1990) ⓘ |
| followedBy | UN Security Council Resolution 679 ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| meetingNumber | 2963 ⓘ |
| number | 678 ⓘ |
| organ | United Nations Security Council ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | United Nations Security Council resolutions 601 to 700 ⓘ |
| precededBy | UN Security Council Resolution 677 ⓘ |
| providedLegalBasisFor |
Operation Desert Storm
ⓘ
US-led coalition military action against Iraq in 1991 ⓘ |
| reaffirmed |
UN Security Council Resolution 660
ⓘ
previous resolutions on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait ⓘ |
| recognized | continuing occupation of Kuwait by Iraq as a threat to international peace and security ⓘ |
| regionConcerned |
Iraq
ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ |
| result | adopted ⓘ |
| sponsorStates |
Canada
ⓘ
Finland ⓘ France ⓘ Romania ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
surface form:
Zaire
|
| subject | Iraq’s invasion and occupation of Kuwait ⓘ |
| topic |
collective security
ⓘ
use of force in international law ⓘ |
| votesAgainst | 2 ⓘ |
| votesFor | 12 ⓘ |
| votingAgainst |
Cuba
ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ |
| yearAdopted | 1990 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: UN Security Council Resolution 678 Description of subject: UN Security Council Resolution 678 was the 1990 UN measure that authorized member states to use "all necessary means," including military force, to compel Iraq’s withdrawal from Kuwait, effectively providing the legal basis for the Gulf War coalition.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
United Nations Security Council Resolution 678
this entity surface form:
United Nations Security Council Resolution 678
this entity surface form:
United Nations Security Council Resolution 678
this entity surface form:
United Nations Security Council Resolution 678