Commission established pursuant to United Nations Security Council resolution 687 of April 3, 1991, following the defeat of Iraq in the Persian Gulf War, to carry out immediate on-site inspections of Iraq’s biological, chemical, and missile capabilities; to take possession of all chemical and biological weapons, all stocks of agents, all related sub-systems and components, and all research, development, support, and manufacturing facilities, for the purpose of their destruction or removal or of rendering them harmless; to supervise the destruction by Iraq of all its ballistic missiles with a range greater than 150 kilometers, related major parts, and repair and production facilities; to monitor and verify Iraq’s compliance with its undertaking not to use, develop, construct, or acquire any of the items specified above; and to assist the International Atomic Energy Agency in the control and removal of nuclear materials.