United Nations Security Council Resolution 619 Explained

Number:619
Organ:SC
Date:9 August
Year:1988
Meeting:2,824
Code:S/RES/619
Document:https://undocs.org/S/RES/619(1988)
For:15
Abstention:0
Against:0
Subject:Iran–Iraq
Result:Adopted

United Nations Security Council resolution 619 was a resolution adopted unanimously on 9 August 1988 by the United Nations. The resolution came after recalling Resolution 598 (1987) and approving a report by the Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar on the implementation of paragraph 2 of Resolution 598.

The Council therefore decided to establish the United Nations Iran–Iraq Military Observer Group for an initial period of six months to monitor the ceasefire between Iran and Iraq at the end of their conflict.

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