New York - The United Nations Security Council is calling on Iraq to address all outstanding issues related to Kuwait, oil-for-food programme contracts, and disarmament so it can cancel sanctions and dozens of resolutions adopted since the 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
The council made the call in a resolution on Thursday that extended the UN's civilian mission in Iraq for a year.
Iraq's UN Ambassador Hamid al-Bayati told the council on Wednesday that "the most important issue facing Iraq remains to get rid of the burden" of resolutions that can be militarily enforced. - Sapa-AP