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The
U.N. Security Council voted
unanimously today to impose
sanctions against Iran over its
uranium-enrichment activities.
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STATEMENT
BY SLOVAKIA'S AMB. MATULAY TO U.N.
SECURITY COUNCIL ON SANCTIONS
AGAINST IRAN (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)
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The
text reads as follows:
DUŠAN
MATULAY ( Slovakia) said that, as a
country producing nuclear energy, Slovakia
supported the right of every country to use
nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, in
conformity with articles I and II of the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty. Based on its
strict adherence to that Treaty and to the IAEA
safeguards, his Government would never support
any action that would infringe upon that
inalienable right of States. It was fully
convinced that the international community was
right to ask for guarantees about the
exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear
programme. That fact was, those assurances
were outstanding; IAEA remained unable to make
further progress in its efforts to fully verify
the past development of Iran’s nuclear
programme and certain aspects concerning its
scope and nature. He urged Iran to provide
maximum cooperation and transparency to IAEA and
all partners concerned to solve all outstanding
issues and restore confidence about its nuclear
programme.
Reviewing
the recent findings of the IAEA Board of
Governors concerning Iran and the actions of the
Council, he said the 15-member body’s
resolutions had been a proportionate response to
Iran’s continued failure to comply with
international requirements. He also
reaffirmed Slovakia’s continuous support for
efforts to find a negotiated long-term solution
of the Iranian nuclear issue. Every
diplomatic effort must be explored and exhausted
to achieve that goal. The proposal for a
long-term comprehensive agreement presented last
June was still on the table, and the door to
negotiations remained open. That offered
Iran the chance to reach a negotiated agreement
based on cooperation. He called on the
Iranian leadership to comply with the
Council’s requirements and resume talks over
the matter on terms acceptable to the
international community.
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