United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737
The resolution 1737 of the UN Security Council is a resolution on Iran, adopted unanimously on 23 December 2006 its 5612th meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
The resolution was introduced by France, Germany and the United Kingdom under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations and thus belongs to the binding for all states resolutions under Chapter VII of the Charter.
The Security Council had called on 31 July 2006 with the Resolution 1696 Iran to abandon its nuclear program. The initial decision was preceded by a statement by the President of the Security Council (document S/PRST/2006/15 ) on 31 March 2006.
The Panel expressed in the resolution its concern about the repeated reports of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA), in particular concerning the decision of the IAEA dated 4 February 2006 ( document GOV/2006/14 )
The Council is specifically concerned about problems and reservations (document GOV/2006/15 ) are listed in the report of the IAEA Director General on 27 February 2006, in particular those who have a military significance and the fact that the IAEA has not mentioned exclude able that undeklariertes in Iran material and undeclared activities take place.
The Council also emphasized his concern on the report of the IAEA Director General on 28 April 2006 (document GOV/2006/27 ), among others, the fact that the IAEA is not in a position to progress in terms of the lack of certainty about the absence of undeclared material and to make undeclared activities in Iran, even though the agency had already tried more than three years to close these information gaps.
The Security Council also noted that the reports of the IAEA Director General on 8 June 2006 (document GOV/2006/38 ), dated 31 August 2006 ( document GOV/2006/53 ) and 14 November 2006 ( document GOV/2006 / 64) found that Iran neither a comprehensive cessation of its nuclear program carried out, nor resumed cooperation with the IAEA, nor the requirements of UN Resolution 1696 (2006 ) requirements that Iran refused to do so.
The panel emphasized the importance of a diplomatic solution through negotiations and welcomed the efforts by China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States, and the European Union in this field. He is determined, in 1696 to enforce the performance of the resolution by Iran, by taking appropriate measures and remains concerned that Iran's nuclear program poses a risk of proliferation of nuclear weapons, because Iran does not meet the requirements of the IAEA and Security Council resolution 1696.
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Under Article 41 in Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council ordered so:
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As usual, the resolution ends with the committee's decision to continue to remain seized of the issue.
Iran rejected the resolution back and pointed through its ambassador to the United Nations out that the Council sanctions against a member of the Nuclear Non -Proliferation Treaty imposed, the, have, in contrast to Israel, never attacked another member of the United Nations or threatened with the use of force.
China and the United Kingdom also emphasized, however, that the penalty is not the end of the negotiations meant, but rather a means to return Iran to the negotiating table. Russia stressed at the meeting the need to find a diplomatic solution and to avoid the use of force to solve the problems in application of Article 41 in Chapter VII of the UN Charter.