UN / IRAN NON-PROLIFERATION

The Chairman of the Security Council Committee that monitors the implementation of the measures imposed by resolutions related to sanctions against Iran briefed members of the Security UN Body. He said that the Committee twice reached out to Iran in relation to incidents investigated by the Panel of Experts, including the intercepted arms shipment in Yemen.  UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:24
• Production Date: 20 March 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT; SECURITY COUNCIL
• Geographic Subject: IRAN
• MAMS Id: U140320d

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STORY: UN / IRAN NON-PROLIFERATION
TRT: 1.24
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 20 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK CITY - FILE

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1. Exterior shot, UN Secretariat building

20 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council Chamber
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Quinlan, Australian ambassador and current Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006):
“The Committee twice reached out to Iran last year in relation to incidents investigated by the Panel of Experts: we wrote on 12 April 2013 in relation to the Panel's unanimous conclusion that Iran's launches of the Shahab 1 and 3 missiles during the Great Prophet 7 exercises contravened paragraph 9 of resolution 1929 (2010); and on 21 May 2013 in relation to the Panel's conclusion that an intercepted arms shipment in Yemen was at the very least a probable violation by Iran of paragraph 5 of resolution 1747 (2007). Iran has still not replied, and the Committee continues to call on Iran to do so.”
4. Cutaway, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Quinlan, Australian ambassador and current Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006):
“The Committee must be notified of supplies to Iran of items falling under this exception, and during the reporting period, the Committee received one such notification by a Member State concerning the delivery of items for reactor unit 1 of the Bushehr nuclear power plant.”
6. Cutaway, Security Council

Storyline

The Chairman of the Security Council Committee that monitors the implementation of the measures imposed by resolutions related to sanctions against Iran today (20 Mar) presented his latest report to the members of the Security UN Body.

Gary Quinland said “the Committee twice reached out to Iran last year in relation to incidents investigated by the Panel of Experts: we wrote on 12 April 2013 in relation to the Panel's unanimous conclusion that Iran's launches of the Shahab 1 and 3 missiles during the Great Prophet 7 exercises contravened paragraph 9 of resolution 1929 (2010)”.

The Australian diplomat added that the Committe also wrote “on 21 May 2013 in relation to the Panel's conclusion that an intercepted arms shipment in Yemen was at the very least a probable violation by Iran of paragraph 5 of resolution 1747 (2007). Iran has still not replied, and the Committee continues to call on Iran to do so.”

Regarding conditional exceptions to the ban on supplying nuclear-related items to Iran -notably in relation to items for light-water reactors, which the Council considers to be less proliferation-sensitive than heavy-water reactors- Quinland said “the Committee must be notified of supplies to Iran of items falling under this exception, and during the reporting period, the Committee received one such notification by a Member State concerning the delivery of items for reactor unit 1 of the Bushehr nuclear power plant.”

On the obligation of Members States to freeze assets on their territory that are owned or controlled by a person or entity listed by the Council or the Committee and to prevent any assets being made available to such persons or entities, he noted that the Committee received one notification from a Member State.