The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously today to impose sanctions against Iran over its uranium-enrichment activities.     STATEMENT BY GHANA'S AMB. EFFAH-APENTENG TO U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL ON SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com, UN/ - 24 March 2007 -- The following is the full text of the explanatory remarks at  today's meeting at the U.N. Security Council by Ambassador Effah-Apenteng, the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations, on the adoption  of the UN Security Council Resolution against Iran over nuclear non-proliferation on 24 March 2007.  

The text reads as follows: 

NANA EFFAH-APENTENG ( Ghana) said he had voted in favour of the resolution, as he believed in the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.  Although the resolution imposed sanctions on Iran, it also left open the door to negotiations.  He hoped that there would a diplomatic solution to the protracted negotiation on the Iranian nuclear programme and appealed to all States to live up to their obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.  Recognizing the sensitivity of the issue, he hoped the Council would pay attention to the issue of selectivity, which had been raised by other speakers during the debate.

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