UN Security Council resolution 1737

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The resolution 1737 of the UN Security Council is a resolution on Iran , which the United Nations Security Council has adopted unanimously at its 5612th meeting on 23 December of 2006.

The resolution was introduced by France , Germany and the United Kingdom under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations and is thus one of the resolutions under Chapter VII of the Charter that are binding on all states .

On July 31, 2006, the Security Council issued Resolution 1696 calling on Iran to cancel its nuclear program . The decision at that time was preceded by a statement by the President of the Security Council on March 31, 2006 (document S / PRST / 2006/15).

In the resolution, the panel expresses its concern about the repeated reports by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in particular the IAEA decision of February 4, 2006 (document GOV / 2006/14)

The Council is expressly concerned about problems and reservations raised in the report of the IAEA Director General of 27 February 2006 (document GOV / 2006/15), particularly those of military relevance and that the IAEA is not able to exclude the possibility that undeclared material and undeclared activities take place in Iran.

The Council also stressed its concern about the report of the IAEA Director General of 28 April 2006 (document GOV / 2006/27), inter alia, that the IAEA is unable to make progress on the lack of certainty about the absence of undeclared material and to make undisclosed activities in Iran, although the agency has been trying for more than three years to close these information gaps.

The Security Council also noted that the reports of the IAEA Director General of June 8, 2006 (document GOV / 2006/38), August 31, 2006 (document GOV / 2006/53) and November 14, 2006 (document GOV / 2006 / 64) found that Iran neither completely suspended its nuclear program, nor resumed cooperation with the IAEA, nor fulfilled the conditions of UN resolution 1696 (2006) and that Iran refused to do so.

The panel stressed the importance of a diplomatic negotiated solution and welcomed the efforts of China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States, and the European Union in this area. It is determined to enforce Iran's compliance with Resolution 1696 by taking appropriate action and remains concerned that the Iranian nuclear program poses a nuclear proliferation risk because Iran fails to comply with the IAEA and Resolution 1696 requirements.

Arrangements

Under Article 41 of Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Security Council therefore ordered:

  1. the fulfillment of the requirements of the IAEA resolution GOV / 2006/14 of February 4, 2006;
  2. the cessation of all enrichment activities that are subject to the supervision of IAEA, as well as work on all projects with heavy water or on a heavy water reactor ;
  3. the prohibition of the supply and sale of materials, equipment and technologies that serve projects that are subject to the supervision of the IAEA and serve to develop heavy water projects or a nuclear weapons program (see documents S / 2006/814 and S / 2006/815), including the request to all states to prevent such delivery via their respective national territory or by means of transport which is flying their national flag;
  4. the prohibition of the supply and sale of all other materials, equipment and technologies if a member state determines that these are used for the development of heavy water projects or a nuclear weapons program;
  5. that each state is responsible for compliance with the delivery ban and has the duty to report the sale or delivery of such materials, equipment and technologies, which are not prohibited by S / 2006/814 and S / 2006/815, to the competent UN committee and report to the IAEA within ten days;
  6. that all states are obliged to prevent Iran from receiving technological or financial support or through training, investment and other services in heavy water projects or a nuclear weapons program;
  7. the prohibition of the export of goods, services or technologies mentioned in S / 2006/814 and S / 2006/815 by Iran to other states and the acquisition or transport by nationals of the respective state;
  8. Unrestricted access to Iranian facilities at the request of the IAEA to verify compliance;
  9. that certain assets are exempted from the restrictions if the relevant committee agrees and Iran provides end-user guarantees and refrains from using these assets for nuclear activities;
  10. the monitoring of persons and institutions named in the annex to the resolution, if necessary other persons and institutions appointed by the Security Council or the Sanctions Committee and reporting to the Sanctions Committee about their entry or transit into another country;
  11. that the aforementioned provisions in no way prohibit the entry of a national into his own home state and that humanitarian concerns should be taken into account, even if the provisions of Article XV of the IAEA Statutes are affected;
  12. the freezing of financial resources for the persons listed in the annex to the resolution, if necessary by other persons appointed by the Security Council or the Sanctions Committee, as well as by institutions that are controlled by them or also by persons who act on behalf of or for persons who to be related to the Iranian nuclear program while preventing the frozen funds from being transferred to other subjects;
  13. that the financial resources to the extent to which they are necessary for living (food, rents, taxes, pharmaceuticals, insurance premiums, public taxes and maintenance costs) or for conducting legal disputes are not affected by the freeze;
  14. that deposits can be made to blocked accounts, provided that the amount deposited is also blocked;
  15. that payments will be made for commitments that were due prior to the entry into force of the resolution, provided they do not relate to prohibited materials, equipment or technology;
  16. that technical cooperation provided by the IAEA relates only to humanitarian or security concerns and in no way relates to projects involving heavy water reactors or the development of nuclear weapons;
  17. that Iranians may not be educated or trained on the territory or by nationals of other states, provided that this training serves the Iranian nuclear program or the development of Iranian nuclear weapons;
  18. the establishment of a sanctions committee to monitor the aforementioned conditions, propose further measures if necessary and report to the Security Council at least every 90 days;
  19. that within 60 days at the latest, all member states report to the sanctions committee on the implementation of resolution 1737 in their respective national territory;
  20. that compliance with the orders of the IAEA and the suspension of the Iranian nuclear program by Iran and the resumption of negotiations with the international community and the IAEA would be beneficial for Iran;
  21. that a long-term mutual agreement based on the proposals of China, France, Germany, Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom (document S / 2006/521) would be useful in building international confidence in Iran's exclusive peaceful uses of nuclear energy;
  22. that the Director General of the IAEA report within sixty days to both the Security Council and the IAEA Board of Directors on whether Iran is complying with the UN resolution and also taking the other steps requested by the Atomic Energy Agency;
  23. that on the basis of this report the Security Council will decide whether the aforementioned sanctions are to be lifted, retained or modified.

consequences

As usual, the resolution ends with the panel's decision to remain concerned with the issue.

Iran rejected the resolution and, through its ambassador to the United Nations, indicated that the Council had imposed sanctions on a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty who, unlike Israel, had never attacked or threatened any other member of the United Nations with the use of force .

China and the United Kingdom, however, stressed that the sanction did not mean the end of the negotiations, but rather a means to bring Iran back to the negotiating table. At the meeting, Russia emphasized the need to find a diplomatic solution and to avoid the use of force to solve the problem in accordance with Article 41 of Chapter VII of the UN Charter.

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