Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council extended the Oil-for-Food Programme for an additional 180-day period beginning at 00:01 EST on 26 November 1998 with the provisions of Resolution 1153 remaining in effect.[2] Directing expenses for the Hajj pilgrimage to be financed by funds in the escrow account, the Council kept the maximum amount of petroleum Iraq could export at 5.256 billion U.S. dollars.