Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
March 27, 2007
Mr. President,
I would like to begin by reading the text of a statement which has been agreed by the Foreign Ministers of China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, with the support of the High Representative of the European Union:
The statement reads as follows:
March 27, 2007
Belgium's United Nations Ambassador, who chairs the three-month-old Committee overseeing the imposition of sanctions on Iran, told the Security Council today that, so far, 58 Member States and the European Union had submitted reports on their efforts to implement resolution 1737 (2006).
March 27, 2007
Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt issued the following statement today on the adoption of UNSCR 1747:
"The Treasury Department welcomes the unanimous adoption of UNSCR 1747, which reaffirms and expands UNSCR 1737 of December 2006. These resolutions target Iran's nuclear and missile programs, and among other requirements, obligate states...
March 26, 2007
The following statement was issued yesterday by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The Secretary-General notes with satisfaction the Security Council's unanimity in adopting resolution 1747 of 24 March 2007. He calls on the Islamic Republic of Iran to fully implement the resolution's provisions and to urgently take the...
March 26, 2007
1. On March 24 (Sat) New York time (25 (Sun) Japan Time), the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1747, stipulating that it would add further measures concerning Iran's nuclear issue. Japan highly appreciates this adoption as demonstrating the determined stance of the international community toward Iran's nuclear issue.
March 25, 2007
Government spokesman Gholamhossein Elham announced here Sunday that the government had decided to reconsider cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
March 25, 2007
Iran's Foreign Minister Mr Manouchehr Mottaki said Saturday that no sanction or threat can make the Iranian nation retreat from its legal and legitimate demands.
"The world must know - and it does - that even the harshest political and economic sanctions or other threats are far too weak to coerce the Iranian nation to retreat from their legal and...
March 24, 2007
Determined to constrain Iran's development of sensitive technologies in support of its nuclear and missile programmes, the Security Council today widened the scope of its December 2006 sanctions against Iran by banning the country's arms exports and freezing the assets and restricting the travel of additional individuals engaged in the country's...
March 24, 2007
MR. CASEY: Okay. Good afternoon, everybody. Thanks for joining us here. I wanted to, as we discussed with most of you on Friday, have an opportunity to let Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nick Burns talk to you a bit about the vote in the Security Council on the Iran resolution. Obviously, this is another important step forward in...
March 24, 2007
The unanimous adoption of Security Council Resolution 1747 reflects the international community's profound concerns over Iran's nuclear programme. We deplore Iran's failure to comply with the earlier resolutions of the Security Council and the IAEA, and we call upon Iran once again to comply fully with all its international obligations.