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Russia to back 'smart' Iran sanctions
...highlighted the limits the Obama administration could face in getting new sanctions approved by the UN Security Council. One of Clinton's top aides, Undersecretary of State William...
I.H.T. Op-Ed Contributor : Iran's Nuclear Clock
...engagement and to focus our efforts on the pressure track. The United States has been leading a push for the United Nations Security Council to impose tough sanctions on Iran, but that...
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News Analysis: New Efforts on Iran Sanctions Run Into Familiar Snags
At the beginning of this year, American and European officials predicted a sanctions resolution at the United Nations Security Council - the fourth in four years - by February to...
Security Council Votes To Expand Somali Sanctions
Saturday, 20 March 2010, 12:32 pm Security Council Votes To Expand Mandate Of Monitoring Group For Somali Sanctions The Security Council today agreed to extend the United Nations panel...
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Q+A: The West pushes for new U.N. sanctions on Iran
...to support any punitive U.N. measures against Tehran. Except for Germany, which is not on the Security Council, all those in the group have veto power on the council and can block...
Security and Defense: 2011 - The year Palestine is born?
...base in Jerusalem is that Fayyad will succeed in implementing his plan and will decide to take his case to the UN Security Council, where he will ask for his newly-formed state of...
U.S. urges ally Turkey to join Iran sanctions push
...killings of Armenians by Turkish forces as "genocide." But he said Turkey, a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council that has been leery of the U.S.-led push to further...
Afghan reconciliation process must respect Constitutional order: UN
...capacity and responsibility to exercise actual sovereignty,'' the Secretary-General wrote in the report. The Security Council is expected to review the report tomorrow and vote next week...
"We pursued the diplomatic track and thought it was correct to do so," she told reporters. "We... are working very hard in the Security Council to obtain a resolution expressing the international community's disapproval of Iranian actions and pulling together... a regime of smart sanctions as President Medvedev has referred to them," she added.
Iran wasting chance for dialogue: Russia Sydney Morning Herald - World | 1 day ago
U.N. council wants probe of Somalia aid diversion
By Louis Charbonneau Members of the U.N. Security Council want an outside investigation of charges of widespread diversion of U.N. aid to radical Islamist rebels in Somalia, Mexico's U.N....
China more concerned about Iran, wary on sanctions
...over Tehran's disputed nuclear activities, which China could block as a veto-wielding permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. "Regarding the Iran nuclear issue, I wish to point...
U.N. set for more discreet talks with Taliban: envoys
...to continue informal talks with the Taliban but the contact must be discreet, diplomats said. The 15-nation U.N. Security Council will discuss Ban's report on Thursday and vote next week...
EU could impose sanctions on Iran: Finland's Stubb
There is consensus within the European Union for unilateral sanctions on Iran if a U.N. Security Council resolution fails, Finland's foreign minister said Saturday. Alexander Stubb said...
