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The United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) was set up to implement the non-nuclear provisions of United Nations Security Council]] resolution of 3 April 1991, which called for the elimination of weapons of mass destruction]] and long-range surface-to-surface missile]]s, as well as manufacturing capability, under Iraq under the rule of Saddam Hussein]]. UNSCOM was to work with the International Atomic Energy Agency]] in inspection and enforcement of the nuclear aspects of WMD, and operate directly in chemical, biological, radiological and missile areas.

It was replaced by UNMOVIC]], the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), which operated from 1999 to 2007.