Library Documents on Iran's Drone Program
February 26, 2018
The Security Council today unanimously decided to renew a travel ban, assets freeze and arms embargo against those threatening peace and security in Yemen, rejecting an alternate draft, vetoed by the Russian Federation, that would have spotlighted specific non‑compliance by Iran identified by the expert panel mandated to monitor those measures.
February 26, 2018
Today, in spite of the overwhelming evidence provided by the UN’s independent Yemen Panel of Experts on Iran’s violations of the arms embargo in Yemen, the Security Council failed to adopt a resolution that would have called out Iran for its actions. The Panel of Experts’ final report outlined Iran’s failure to prevent the transfer of Iranian arms...
February 26, 2018
Ambassador Kelley Currie U.S. Representative for Economic and Social Affairs U.S. Mission to the United NationsThank you, Mr. President.Today, Russia accused the majority of this Council of attempting to destabilize the region by supporting the UK’s text. This is perverse when, in fact, Russia’s veto today serves only to protect Iran’s efforts to...
February 26, 2018
Thank you Mr President.The Security Council has long recognised that the situation in Yemen threatens international peace and security. It has caused the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, which gets worse by the day. The conflict creates ungoverned spaces in which terrorists can operate, poses security threats to countries in the region and...
February 19, 2018
France is concerned about the conclusions of the UN Panel of Experts report on Yemen, according to which Iran is not complying with the arms embargo imposed by Security Council Resolution 2216 of 2015.It condemns the serious non-compliance with the obligations of Resolution 2216 which the Iranian authorities have committed by not taking all the...
February 13, 2018
Foreword
January 26, 2018
After nearly three years of conflict, Yemen, as a State, has all but ceased to exist. Instead of a single State there are warring statelets, and no one side has either the political support or the military strength to reunite the country or to achieve victory on the battlefield.
December 19, 2017
Thank you Mr. President. This discussion couldn’t come at a better time.
December 14, 2017
It’s really important that you be here today, because we have a story to tell, and the story is a very important one. And it’s not just important for the United States, it’s important for the entire international community. As President Trump announced on October 13, the United States is taking a new approach to Iran by focusing on all of the...
August 2, 2017
To provide congressional review and to counter aggression by the Governments of Iran, the Russian Federation, and North Korea, and for other purposes.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,[...]TITLE I—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.This title may be...