Iran Nuclear Watch: United Nations Security Council Permanent Members Agree on a Statement

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British Ambassador to the United Nations Emyr Jones Parry (R) talks with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton after the reading of a statement on Iran at the U.N. headquarters in New York March 29, 2006. The five U.N. Security Council permanent members agreed on Wednesday on a statement that would call on Iran to suspend parts of its nuclear program that could be used to build weapons.
ASSociated Press: U.N. Demands That Iran Suspend Enrichment

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a statement Wednesday demanding that Iran suspend uranium enrichment, the first time the powerful body has directly urged Tehran to clear up suspicions that it is seeking nuclear weapons.

The statement, which is not legally binding, will ask the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the
International Atomic Energy Agency, to report back in 30 days on Iran’s compliance with demands to stop enriching uranium, a process that can lead to a nuclear weapon.

The document was adopted by consensus and without a vote after a flurry of negotiations between the five veto-wielding members of the 15-nation council, which has the power to impose sanctions. In the end, Britain, France and the United States made several concessions to China and Russia, Iran’s allies, who wanted as mild a statement as possible.

Stay tuned for Iran’s response……..

British Ambassador to the United Nations Emyr Jones Parry talks to reporters after leaving a meeting of the five permanent members of the Security Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York March 29, 2006.

Reuters: UN Council powers agree on Iran deal

The five U.N. Security Council permanent members agreed on Wednesday on a statement that would call on Iran to suspend parts of its nuclear program that could be used to build weapons, Britain announced.

The new text, which makes concessions to Russia and China, is being referred to the full council for formal approval only hours before foreign ministers of the five powers and Germany meet in Berlin on Thursday to map out strategy on Iran.

The five veto-holding nations — the United States, Russia, Britain, France and China — have been negotiating for three weeks to complete the draft statement on how to rein in Iran’s suspect programs.

“Our colleagues in the P-5 (permanent five) have reached an agreement on a text,” Britain’s U.N. ambassador, Emyr Jones Parry, announced to reporters.

And who in the United States REALLY cares?

If Iran poses a threat to the United States and its allies, including Israel America does NOT need approval from Russia and China.