UNSC resolution on Iran may be slightly delayed

Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Marian Houk

The Associated Press reported that “[UNSC] diplomats said Wednesday that the vote was likely to be delayed until next week to try to get four non-permanent members who have expressed concern about the resolution to back it. The five veto-wielding permanent council members — the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France — have already agreed on the draft resolution”. This report is posted here.

Reuters reported that “Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said Moscow could back a sanctions resolution the Western powers have drafted and which they want to discuss in the UN Security Council this week. ‘If Iran in the next few days does not stop the enrichment activities of its heavy water project then yes, Russia … has taken upon itself certain commitments… to support the resolution that has been drafted in the past month’, Churkin told reporters via a video link from New York … Though it agreed on the outline of the sanctions resolution last month in Berlin, some Western diplomats had expressed concern Russia might try to weaken the resolution out of pique over the West’s recognition of Kosovo”… The report is posted here.

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