Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
June 9, 2010
Expressing deep concern about Iran's lack of compliance with its previous resolutions on ensuring the peaceful nature of its nuclear programme, the Security Council imposed additional sanctions on the country today, expanding an arms embargo and tightening restrictions on financial and shipping enterprises related to "proliferation-sensitive...
June 9, 2010
The UN Security Council on June 9 adopted resolution 1929 (2010) on Iran. Russia voted in its favor.
All the measures prescribed in the resolution are adopted under Article 41 of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, which excludes the possibility of using force. Reference to this article in the preamble to the resolution is supported...
June 9, 2010
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano today informed the Board of Governors that he had received letters from the Governments of France, the Russian Federation and the United States concerning the provision of nuclear fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor.
The letters were in response to Iran´s 24 May letter officially agreeing to the Joint...
June 9, 2010
Thank you, Mr. President. Today the Security Council has responded decisively to the grave threat to international peace and security posed by Iran's failure to live up to its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. This Treaty is the principal international legal instrument for holding member states accountable, discouraging the...
June 9, 2010
The Security Council has adopted today its fourth sanctions resolution on Iran's nuclear programme, in which it deplores the fact that Iran has so far failed to comply with the relevant earlier resolutions.
June 9, 2010
Adopted by the Security Council at its 6335th meeting, on 9 June 2010.
June 9, 2010
"A very strong political signal has come from New York: the international community cannot accept Iran's development of a nuclear weapon, triggering a proliferation race that would have serious effects on regional and world security".
Foreign Minister Franco Frattini's commented on approval of the UN resolution establishing new sanctions against...
June 9, 2010
Statements before the vote
June 9, 2010
SECRETARY CLINTON: This was a very important decision by the international community to demonstrate resolve and unity in the face of Iran's continuing defiance of the rules and norms of the IAEA and the expectations of the Security Council. This set of sanctions, the first agreed to under the Obama Administration, adds to and strengthens the...