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Agence France Presse, United Nations – French Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere on Friday expressed hope that the UN Security Council would be able next week to pass a legally binding draft resolution requiring Iran to freeze all uranium enrichment activities. <\/p>\n
De La Sabliere, the council president for July, said progress was made in informal talks Thursday among envoys of the council’s five permanent members — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — plus Germany. <\/p>\n
"We made progress yesterday. We have not settled all the problems," the French envoy said. "But I am confident that next week we will do so and I hope that we will be able to adopt this resolution next week." <\/p>\n
The six powers on Friday held another round of informal talks with no sign of a consensus on the revised draft circulated by France Thursday on behalf of the three European powers — Britain, France and Germany — that have been spearheading nuclear talks with Tehran. <\/p>\n
US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, who earlier said he had been instructed by his government to secure council approval of the text this week, said: "I think we should try and get this done early next week." <\/p>\n
The European text is an amended version of a draft that has been under discussion this week by the six powers. <\/p>\n
It "decides that Iran shall suspend all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, including research and development, to be verified by the IAEA (the UN nuclear watchdog), and suspend the construction of a reactor moderated by heavy water." <\/p>\n
The text invokes articles 39 and 40 of Chapter Seven of the UN charter that stipulate "provisional measures" to be taken ahead of imposing tougher steps such as sanctions. <\/p>\n
But it also expresses the council’s intention in the event of Iran’s non-compliance with the enrichment freeze demand "to adopt such further measures under Article 41 of Chapter Seven as may be necessary to ensure compliance." <\/p>\n
Article 41 provides for a broad range of economic sanctions but does not authorize the use of force. <\/p>\n
The new text also calls on all states "immediately to take steps to prevent the transfer of any items, materials, goods and technology that could contribute to Iran’s enrichment-related and reprocessing activities and ballistic missile programs." <\/p>\n
It gives Iran up to an as yet undecided date in August to comply with the UN demands. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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