A/RES/56/174 3 July 2001, in which the Council authorized States to permit imports of Iraqi oil in order to allow Iraq to purchase humanitarian supplies, and 1284 (1999) of 17 December 1999, in which the Council, by means of a comprehensive approach to the situation in Iraq, inter alia, removed the ceiling for the allowable import of Iraqi oil in order to increase the amount of revenue available for the purchase of humanitarian supplies, laid down new provisions and procedures designed to improve the implementation of the humanitarian programme and to further achievement in meeting the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi population and reiterated the obligation of Iraq to facilitate the repatriation of all Kuwaiti and thirdcountry nationals referred to in paragraph 30 of Council resolution 687 (1991), Taking note of the concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee, 5 the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 6 the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 7 the Committee on the Rights of the Child 8 and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 9 on the recent reports submitted to them by Iraq, in which these treaty-monitoring bodies point to a wide range of human rights problems and express the view that the Government of Iraq remains bound by its treaty obligations, while pointing to the adverse effect of sanctions on the daily life of the population, in particular women and children, Reaffirming that it is the responsibility of the Government of Iraq to ensure the well-being of its entire population and the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, concerned about the dire situation in Iraq, which affects the population, in particular children, as stated in the reports of several United Nations human rights treaty bodies, and appealing to all concerned to fulfil their mutual obligations in the management of the humanitarian programme established by the Security Council in its resolution 986 (1995), 1. Welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Iraq 10 and the observations, conclusions and recommendations contained therein; 2. Notes with dismay that there has been no improvement in the situation of human rights in the country; 3. Strongly condemns: (a) The systematic, widespread and extremely grave violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law by the Government of Iraq, resulting in all-pervasive repression and oppression sustained by broad-based discrimination and widespread terror; (b) The suppression of freedom of thought, expression, information, association, assembly and movement, through fear of arrest, imprisonment, execution, expulsion, house demolition and other sanctions; _______________ 5 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 40 (A/53/40), vol. I, paras. 90–111. 6 Ibid., Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/54/18), paras. 337–361. 7 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1998, Supplement No. 2 (E/1998/22), paras. 245– 283. 8 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 41 (A/55/41), paras. 304– 333. 9 Ibid., Supplement No. 38 (A/55/38), part II, chap. IV, sect. B, paras. 166–210. 10 See A/56/340. 2