Topic: United Nations Security Council

World powers express 'deep concern' on Iran

World powers Thursday overcame divisions at the UN atomic agency with a resolution of "deep" concern on Iran's nuclear programme, but without reporting Tehran to the UN Security Council or setting any deadline.The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, ...

Syria offers nuclear cooperation, IAEA says

VIENNA (Reuters) - Syria has offered to cooperate with a U.N. nuclear watchdog probe into a suspected reactor site after years of stonewalling, and a meeting on the issue has been proposed for October, the Vienna-based agency's head said on Monday.International Atomic ...

IAEA reports Syria to UN over nuke allegations

The UN atomic watchdog voted Thursday to report Syria to the United Nations Security Council over allegations it built an undeclared nuclear reactor that was then destroyed by Israeli bombs, diplomats said.At a closed-door meeting of the 35-member board of governors of ...

Western push on Syria may spark divisive IAEA debate

VIENNA (Reuters) - Western states are pressing ahead with a drive to report Syria to the U.N. Security Council over suspected nuclear activity, despite misgivings among some other countries and a last-ditch bid by Damascus to thwart the move.Next week the 35-nation ...

Under pressure, Syria offers nuclear cooperation

VIENNA (Reuters) - Syria has promised to cooperate with a U.N. nuclear inquiry into a suspected reactor site bombed by Israel in 2007, an apparent last-minute bid by Damascus to derail a Western push to report it to the U.N. Security Council.Western ...

West wants Syria case sent to U.N. council: diplomats

VIENNA (Reuters) - Western states are expected to push for Syria to be referred to the U.N. Security Council after U.N. inspectors gave independent support to U.S. allegations that Damascus was building a covert nuclear reactor, diplomats say.In a report to member ...

Syria site was "very likely" an atom reactor: IAEA

VIENNA (Reuters) - A Syrian site bombed by Israel in 2007 was "very likely" to have been a nuclear reactor which should have been declared, the U.N. atomic agency said in a report, an assertion which may lead to Damascus being referred ...

U.N. atom watchdog may clamp down on Syria: sources

VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors may say in an upcoming report that a Syrian desert site bombed to rubble in 2007 was probably a covert nuclear reactor, opening the way for the U.N. Security Council to take up the case, diplomats said.The ...
The United States is working to secure a UN Security Council statement condemning North Korea's newly disclosed uranium enrichment programme, a senior official said Wednesday.Robert Einhorn, the State Department's special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control, was speaking after talks with Wi ...

S. Korea wants UN to act on N. Korea uranium

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak said Saturday that North Korea's new enriched uranium program should be dealt with by the United Nations Security Council, his spokeswoman said."The issue of North Korea's uranium enrichment program should be referred to the United Nations Security ...
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