Sheikh Mohammad told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the report reflects the UN’s concerns regarding Iraq’s implementation of its obligations stipulated by UNSC resolutions, showing Iraq’s failures in this matter, as well as emphasizing the elements concerned with Kuwait’s interests and the international organization’s position on them.
The senior government figure stressed that the report’s principal importance lies in its focus on several things; primarily, Iraq’s failure to confirm its willingness to carry out maintenance of border signs between Kuwait and Iraq, its failure to pay its share for this project, and the Iraqi government’s failure to respond to the notification issued by Ban on the issue.
The second significant issue dealt with in the report, said the minister, is the Secretary General’s steadfastness on the importance of Iraq’s commitment to compensating Iraqi farmers under UNSC Resolution 899, with the Iraqi government still dragging its feet over the removal of violating farms on the Kuwaiti borders and the payment of compensation and amounts deposited in the account of the United Nations since 1996.
The third focal point in the report is the Secretary General’s reminder to the Iraqi government of the importance of its proving the achievement of significant and rapid progress on the remaining obligations related to Kuwait to the UNSC, specifically concerning the issue of missing Kuwaitis and lost property, as well as the maintenance of border signs and the issue of compensation to Iraqi farmers.
On this issue, Sheikh Dr. Mohammad said, "If Iraq wanted to get out of the umbrella of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, it must implement its obligations referred to in the report." Prior to the report being issued, Sheikh Mohammad sent a letter to Ban Ki-moon on July 11 concerning Iraq’s unmet obligations pursuant to UNSC resolutions relevant under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, specifically referring to "the situation between Iraq and Kuwait, in particular resolutions 687,1991, 833, 1993, 1284, 1999, 1956 and 2010."