UN / IRAN SANCTIONS

US Ambassador Susan Rice says that the US recognizes Iran's rights regarding their nuclear programme, but if the country refuses to cooperate, "its isolation will only grow." UNTV / FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:39
• Production Date: 10 December 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: IRAN
• MAMS Id: U101210a

Description

STORY: UN / IRAN SANCTIONS
TRT: 2.39
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ RUSSIAN/ FARSI/ NATS

DATELINE: 4 MARCH 2010, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior UN building

4 MARCH 2010, NEW YORK CITY

2. Zoom in, Security Council
3. Pan left, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tsuneo Nishida, Chairperson of the Security Council Committee Established Pursuant to Resolution 1737:
“During the reporting period the Committee received communications from two member states who reported two separate incidents of violations of paragraph 5 of resolution 1747, which imposes a ban on the export and the procurement of all arms and related material from the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
5. Wide shot, Security Council
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Lyall Grant, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations:
“For the dual track strategy to succeed, rigorous implementation by states of the measures contained in resolution 1929 and the Council’s previous resolutions, is essential, particularly in view of the two new reported violations which have come to light recently. They are correctly identified in today’s report as part of a pattern of violations.”
7. Wide shot, Security Council
8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Konstantin Dolgov, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations:
“All members of the international community must strictly deal with Security Council resolutions and the sanctions regime established on Iran, and not go beyond those boundaries. With respect to the current situation about Iran’s nuclear programme, our position remains unchanged. We are calling consistently for a solution to the problem through dialogue and negotiation with the Iranian side.”
9. Med shot, Nishida
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations:
“We recognize Iran’s rights, but we insist that Iran fulfil the obligations that come along with those rights. Iran’s choice remains clear; if it builds international confidence and respects its obligations we will reciprocate. But if Iran refuses, its isolation will only grow.”
11. Wide shot, Security Council

FILE – 23 SEPTEMBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY

12. Med shot, Ahmadinejad and reporter conducting interview
13. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran:
“The two sides must have equal conditions. When one side is threatened you cannot negotiate under threat. So, the other side has to respect the equal rights of the other and understand that coercion and pressures are useless; at least with us.”
14. Med shot, Ahmadinejad and reporter conducting interview

Storyline

The Security Council heard a briefing today (10 December) by the committee established to monitor the implementation and compliance of sanctions on Iran.

The Chair of the Committee, Tsuneo Nishida of Japan told the Council that during the reporting period, Member States reported “two separate incidents of violations of paragraph 5 of resolution 1747, which imposes a ban on the export and the procurement of all arms and related material from the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

The reported incidents, which occurred within the last three months, include the seizure in Italy of seven tons of RDX, a powerful explosive, intended for shipment to Syria, as well as the confiscation of 13 shipping containers in Nigeria carrying weapons to an unknown destination.

Days after the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany and the European Union held a meeting with Iranian authorities in Geneva to discuss Iran nuclear programme, British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant told the Council that for the dual track strategy of pressure and dialogue to succeed, “rigorous implementation by states of the measures contained in resolution 1929 and the Council’s previous resolutions is essential.”

He added that the newly reported contraventions of Security Council resolutions are “part of a pattern of violations.”

Russian Deputy Ambassador Konstantin Dolgov cautioned “all members of the international community” to strictly adhere to the enforcement of the sanctions regime established on Iran, “and not go beyond those boundaries.”

He called “for a solution to the problem through dialogue and negotiation with the Iranian side.”

United States Ambassador Susan Rice recognized Iran’s right to a peaceful nuclear programme and insisted that Iran “fulfil the obligations that come along with those rights.”

She said that “Iran’s choice remains clear” and that if it refuses to cooperate, “its isolation will only grow.”

During Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s last visit to the United Nations in New York, he told UNifeed that “when one side is threatened you cannot negotiate under threat” and “the other side has to respect the equal rights of the other and understand that coercion and pressures are useless.”

The Iranian Government insists they are only seeking nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, but other countries have expressed concerns that Iran is pursuing the development of nuclear weapons.