United Nations Security Council Resolution 1210

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1210 was adopted unanimously on 24 November 1998. It extended the Oil-for-Food Programme for a further 180 days, allowing Iraq to export petroleum to raise up to $5.256 billion to fund humanitarian aid. The extension continued provisions from earlier resolutions (including 986, 1111, 1129, 1143, 1153 and 1175) and was enacted under Chapter VII to help the Iraqi people until the government met the conditions of Resolution 687 (1991) and distributed aid fairly. The new 180-day period began at 00:01 EST on 26 November 1998, with the 1153 provisions remaining in effect. The resolution also directed that funds for the Hajj pilgrimage be financed from escrow, kept the oil export cap at $5.256 billion, and asked Secretary-General Kofi Annan to report to the Council by 31 December 1998 on Iraq’s ability to produce the oil amount, to provide a list of equipment countries were supplying to boost exports for humanitarian aid, and to strengthen monitoring to ensure aid reaches all segments of the population and is used as authorized.