Iran Nuclear Watch: United Nations Security Council Passes Chapter 7 Resolution Deamanding Iran Cease Uranium Enrichment
U.S. Ambassador John Bolton arrives to a Security Council meeting regarding Iran’s Nuclear Program at United Nations headquarters, Monday, July 31, 2006.
AP: U.N. gives Iran until the end of August
The U.N. Security Council passed a weakened resolution Monday giving Iran until Aug. 31 to suspend uranium enrichment or face the threat of economic and diplomatic sanctions.
Because of Russian and Chinese demands, the text is weaker than earlier drafts, which would have made the threat of sanctions immediate. The draft now essentially requires the council to hold more discussions before it considers sanctions.
The draft passed by a vote of 14-1. Qatar, which represents Arab states on the council, cast the lone dissenting vote.
The ball is NOW in Iran’s court.
Stay tuned for more bloviations and threats from Ahmadinejad and the Iranian Mullahs.
But……the clock is ticking………Tick Tick……
A general view shows the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the Iranian Persian Gulf port of Bushehr, 1,200 Kms south of Tehran, in June 2006. France circulated a revised draft resolution in the UN Security Council that legally requires Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities. And this resolution passed the UNSC today.
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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
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john Carey
Hezbollah Refuses Israeli Gesture at Cease Fire, UN Slaps Iran on the Wrists: A Bad Tom Clancy Novel?
By John E. Carey
July 31, 2006
Noon EDT
The world can be an ugly place and it just got uglier on Monday.
Israel declared a two day cessation to the air war on targets in Lebanon near Israel. Hezbollah new this was a conditional halt: any overt military activity against Israel would be seen as an intentional provocation.
Before too many hours, Hezbollah produced that provocation by shooting at an Israeli tank.
As a military man, I fully understand Israel’s response. When your guys are under fire, you shoot back.
Just about an hour later the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said there will be no cease-fire, adding that “Israel is continuing to fight.”
Why? Because Hezbollah refuses to stop launching missiles into Israel, Hezbollah continues to use Lebanese civilians as shields, and Hezbollah has made clear that there will be no quarter given to Israel.
I asked my friend Boaz Ganor, an Israeli anti-terror expert, about the situation.
“Every Israeli regrets the loss of innocent lives,†Ganor said.
“A cease fire now, without achieving the strategic goals of the operation in Lebanon, would be an incomplete finish for Israel. In fact, a cease fire now would be dangerous to Israel and all nations fighting the war against terror,†Dr. Boaz Ganor told me.
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Israel plans to “expand and strengthen” its attack on Hezbollah.
Meanwhile, at the United Nations in New York, the Security Council delayed the threat of sanctions on Iran until at least August 31, 2006. The U.N. has recognized that Iran has a nuclear weapon production program, in violation with UN demands that it be stopped.
Because of Russian and Chinese demands, the text is weaker than earlier drafts, which would have made the threat of sanctions immediate. The draft now essentially requires the council to hold more discussions before it considers sanctions.
A senior diplomat, who spoke to me only on the condition of anonymity said, “This is getting like a bad Tom Clancy novel.â€
This is a sad and difficult day in the history of world peace, stability and diplomacy.