[They are] designed to galvanize support from his sympathizers in Iraq and used as a diversion from the riveting testimony of victims. |
Although Russia and China have resisted the strong language of the U.N. resolution, the vote is expected to pass, |
Enrichment is a technology benchmark for development of nuclear weapons. This is likely to keep the world powers unified in their effort to stop Iran but it does not mean Iran will produce weapons anytime soon. |
Foreign Minister Lavrov was clear that Russia remains committed to non proliferation and any Russian compromise proposals are within that context. |
Historically there have been compensation programs, not restitution. In other words money, not give them back the property. And that's most likely what's going to happen. |
Iran is desperately trying to avert crippling sanctions and keep its nuclear power program. That appears to involve disclosing that it may have broken some rules along the way. |
Iran?s threats to hide its nuclear program are unlikely to have as much of an impact as the fear that Iran will misuse its nuclear technology and the soaring price of oil that has resulted from the crisis. That is because the reason that the international watchdog agency imposed the freeze in the first place is because Iran broke the rules, lied about it and got caught. |
It is likely there will be a presidential statement. It's not binding, and the Security Council doesn't have to vote. |
Marathon negotiations along with implicit threats produced a result, ... allowing the first Muslim nation to begin a ten to fifteen year process for full membership in the European Union. |
Secretary of State Rice made clear in her remarks that the U.S. favors a referral of Iran to the Security Council for sanctions if negotiations fail, ... because the Bush Administration suspects that Irans uranium enrichment program is a nuclear weapons program, but the resistance from Russia and China to vote for sanctions, may undermine a U.S. referral. |
Surely, the reports will spur debate about U.S. military action against Iran, particularly since U.S.-Iran talks regarding Iraq are tentatively scheduled for mid-April and because U.S. military action would be opposed by most world leaders. |
Syrian officials have been accused of involvement in the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister and of continued funding of Palestinian militants in Lebanon, ... so the vote Monday is the first in several steps expected to seriously pressure Syria. |
takes the pressure off the United Nations with regard to North Korea and avoids a contentious debate about sanctions at a time when talks with North Korea had stalled. |
The advantage of having all the Heads of State in a three-day summit in this General Assembly session was a great advantage over previous U.N. meetings, ... because of the ability to have so many bilateral meetings. |
The breakthrough agreement with North Korea not only diffuses a two-year stalemate but holds out the hope that Pyongyang will return to its international treaty obligations, |