Non-proliferation - Security Council, 10192nd meeting

UN watchdog ‘lost continuity of knowledge’ on Iran nuclear programme, Security Council told amid dispute over sanctions.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:35:37
• Production Date: 10 July 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: ROSEMARY A. DICARLO
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND PEACEBUILDING AFFAIRS - DPPA; INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY - IAEA
• Subject Topical: NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION; JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION – JCPOA; NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY; TREATIES; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; SANCTIONS; DIPLOMACY
• Geographic Subject: IRAN
• MAMS Id: 3606104
• Parent Id: 3605367
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10192 NON PROLIFERATION 10 JUL 2026 AM

Description

Following the collapse of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the region’s chaotic recent military escalations, the United Nations dedicated nuclear agency has “lost continuity of knowledge” about the Iranian nuclear programme it was once tasked with overseeing, the Security Council heard today, in a briefing by the Organization’s senior political affairs officer.

At the outset, delegates sharply debated whether discussions about the Iran nuclear programme — as laid out in resolution 2231 (2015) — are even rightfully under the Council’s purview. Members voted 11 in favour to 2 against (China, Russian Federation), with 2 abstentions (Pakistan, Somalia), to hold the meeting.

• Statements before the vote: Russian Federation, China, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, France, United States of America

Vote: 11 in favour (Bahrain, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia, Liberia, Panama, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America); 2 against (China, Russian Federation); 2 abstention(s) (Pakistan, Somalia)

The agenda was adopted.

• Briefer: Ms. Rosemary A. DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
• Statements: All Council members
• Statement: His Excellency Stavros Lambrinidis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations
• Statement: Germany

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