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UNSC recommends Ban Ki-Moon as UN Secy. General

United Nations, Oct. 9 (PTI): The 15-member Security Council today recommended the soft-spoken, low profile South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon to the 192-member General Assembly for election as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations for a five-year term beginning on January one.

Under the rules of procedure, the Assembly can elect the recommended candidate the same day or within next few days, depending on the consultations among the member States. Once the recommendation reaches the President of the Assembly, she will hold consultations with the chairs of regional groups to fix a meeting for the election.

Japan, as chair of Asian group from which Ban comes, will coordinate with chairs of other groups and they together would sponsor the resolution for Ban's election. The election could be by acclamation as had happened in the case of last four incumbents or by a vote if a member State demands. In case of vote, simple majority of those present and voting would be needed though the Assembly could decide on two-thirds majority.

The rules require that a vote is held 24 hours after the resolution is circulated but the members could suspend the rules at the request of the President to elect the new Secretary General on the same day.

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شوراي امنيت بان *كي*مون را دبيركل سازمان ملل انتخاب كرد


وزير امورخارجه كره جنوبي در جلسه ديشب شوراي امنيت به عنوان دبيركل آتي سازمان ملل انتخاب و براي تصويب نهايي به مجمع عمومي معرفي شد.



به نقل از شبكه خبري بي*بي*سي، شوراي امنيت سازمان ملل در جلسه دوشنبه شب خود به اتفاق آرا "بان كي*مون" وزير امورخارجه و تجارت كره جنوبي را به عنوان هشتمين دبيركل سازمان ملل كه جانشين كوفي عنان خواهد شد، انتخاب كرد.
كي*مون 62 ساله توانست در هر چهار رأي گيري غيررسمي پيشي گيرد به نحوي كه پنج رقيب وي براي رأي گيري رسمي شورا اعلام انصراف كردند. اجماع گسترده*اي در سازمان ملل در مورد انتخاب دبيركلي از آسيا وجود دارد. نخستين دبيركل آسيايي سازمان ملل، اوتانت از برمه بود كه از سال 1961 تا 1971 دبيركل سازمان بود.
دوره دوم دبيركلي كوفي عنان 31 دسامبر به پايان مي*رسد. كي*مون بايد رأي موافق اكثريت نسبي اعضاي مجمع عمومي را نيز به دست آورد.
به گفته خبرنگاران بان كي*مون سازمان ملل را در حالي تحويل خواهد گرفت كه موضوع دارفور، ايران و اصلاحات سازمان ملل در رأس برنامه كاري آن قرار دارد.
كي*مون پس از انتخاب از سوي شوراي امنيت گفت انتخاب خود را افتخاري مي داند و سعي خواهد كرد بحران برنامه هسته اي كره شمالي را حل كند.
وي قول داد سازمان ملل را به سازماني مؤثرتر و كارآمدتر تبديل كند اما از ارائه جزئيات دراين باره خودداري كرد.
برخي ديپلمات ها اعتقاد دارند كي*مون شخصيتي ضعيف براي تصدي پست دبيركلي سازمان ملل است و بايد كانديداي قدرتمندتري اين پست را برعهده گيرد تا بتواند آن را در زمانه دشوار كنوني هدايت كند.

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UN weighs sanctions against North Korea

With world leaders roundly condemning North Korea's announcement it had carried out a nuclear test, U.N. Security Council members weighed an arms embargo and financial sanctions on Pyongyang.

The United States drafted a resolution calling for international inspections of all cargo moving into and out of North Korea to detect weapons-related material, a freeze on any transfer or development of weapons of mass destruction and a ban on luxury goods. The draft is to be discussed on Tuesday

Japan proposed even more stringent measures in amendments to the document from U.S. Ambassador John Bolton, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters. These included banning all North Korean ships and planes from all ports if they carried nuclear or ballistic missile-related materials.

Tokyo's U.N. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima, the current council president, said members condemned the test and "emphasized that the response of the council should be strong, swift and very, very clear in its message and its action."

No vote has been scheduled as the 15 council members sent the resolution to their capitals, although British Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry hoped for adoption by the end of the week.

Among the five powers with veto rights, Britain and France pressed for sanctions, although neither country said whether all the measures Washington had proposed were acceptable.

Russia and China were cautious. "I think we have to react firmly, but also I believe that, on the other hand, that the door to solve this issue from a diplomatic point of view is still open," China's U.N. Ambassador Wang Guangya said.

Still, there were some doubts of North Korea's claim.
President Bush said intelligence officials were still trying to confirm Pyongyang's announcement on Monday that it had carried out an underground nuclear weapons test. But he said that the claim itself "constitutes a threat to international peace and security."

Bolton, according to ambassadors at a closed door meeting, wants to limit North Korea's ability to import or export nuclear or ballistic missile technology. The draft resolution also calls for an end to Pyongyang's access to illicit funds, including its alleged manufacture of counterfeit U.S. dollars.

"We think it's important to respond even to the claim of a nuclear test by the North Koreans and we'll be going 24/7 if we need to be to get this resolution adopted quickly," Bolton said.

The U.S. proposals highlighted the Proliferation Security Initiative Washington launched in May 2003 that aims to encourage member countries to interdict weapons from North Korea, Iran and other states of concern.

The Security Council has already imposed weapons-related sanctions on North Korea in resolution 1695 in July and many of the new U.S. proposals repeat or strengthen those measures.

Separately, Washington has an array of sanctions on the economically devastated country, including a ban on military items and financial restrictions. The Bush administration has considered reimposing trade prohibitions lifted by former President Bill Clinton when Pyongyang agreed to a missile moratorium it then abandoned on July 4.

Both China and Russia have suggested the United States re-engage in bilateral talks, but there is no sign Washington would do so unless North Korea rejoined six-party talks.

The two Koreas, China, Japan, the United States and Russia have held talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program in exchange for economic incentives. But North Korea walked out of them a year ago and refuses to return until Washington ends a financial squeeze.

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پليس لبنان امروز يکشنبه گزارش داد که شش تن در حمله صورت گرفته به دفتر سازمان ملل متحد شهر بيروت زخمی شدند.
به گزارش خبرگزاری مهر؛ منابع پليس لبنان به خبرگزاری فرانسه گفتند: افراد ناشناس نيمه شب سه گلوله "آر.پی.جی" به سمت دفتر سازمان ملل متحد در بيروت شليک کردند که يکی از آنها به ساختمان مجاور دفتر سازمان ملل اصابت کرد و به زخمی شدن شش تن منجر شد.

وی افزود: يک گلوله آر.پی.جی نيز پيش از اصابت کردن در فضا منفجر شد و سومين گلوله نيز در فاصله 20 متری دفتر سازمان ملل اصابت کرد اما تلفاتی در بر نداشت.

برپايه اين گزارش، اين اولين حادثه در نوع خود در منطقه دفتر سازمان ملل متحد در بيروت به شمار می رود که از بيش از يک سال پيش تاکنون تحت تدابير شديد امنيتی قرار دارد.

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U.N. sanctions on Iran to exempt Russia project

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To dissuade Moscow from blocking U.N. action against Iran, Russia would be permitted to work on a nuclear reactor in Iran even if the U.N. Security Council imposes sanctions on Tehran for its nuclear program, U.S. and European officials said.

The exclusion for the Bushehr project, a light-water reactor being developed with Russian help in southwestern Iran, is in a sanctions resolution drafted by Britain, France and Germany. The three countries have led efforts to halt nuclear activities that the major powers say are aimed at bomb-making but Tehran insists are for energy production.

In New York, French U.N. Ambassador Jean-Marc de la Sabliere told Reuters the three European powers planned to put forward a draft U.N. Security Council resolution "during the course of this week. We are aiming for Wednesday or Thursday."

Russia, which is being paid $800 million by Iran for its work on the Bushehr reactor, holds a veto in the Security Council, so its support for the measure will be crucial.

The resolution would impose limited sanctions, including bans on nuclear and missile cooperation, after Iran ignored a Security Council demand to halt uranium enrichment by Aug 30.

In interviews, U.S. and European officials said Russia, which like China has been hesitant about sanctions, would not vote for a Security Council resolution without an exemption for the Bushehr project, which is due to begin operation next year.

"It ensures that you get the Russians to go along," a U.S. official said.

A European diplomat explained: "We think there shouldn't be any cooperation on the nuclear side and none on missile side or even a defense relationship (with Iran but) the Russians think it's OK for there to be nuclear cooperation as long as it's for civilian purposes."

Russia is believed to have some 1,500 technicians working at Bushehr and they are expected to remain, officials said.

For more than a decade, the United States has opposed Russian nuclear cooperation with Iran and strongly objected when Russia in 1995 took over the contract for Bushehr, a 1,000-megawatt project begun by German firm Siemens in the 1970s.

PROLIFERATION RISK?

Washington's opposition cooled after Russia, following revelations in 2002 that Iran was pursuing a covert uranium enrichment program, slowed Bushehr's completion and negotiated a deal under which Russia would provide fresh fuel for Bushehr, then take back spent fuel so it could not be diverted for weapons.

Some U.S. officials said Russia's willingness to take back spent fuel made the project less of a proliferation risk, but others hoped that if the Security Council imposed sanctions on Iran, that would give Russia political cover to halt the project entirely.

The Bush administration is negotiating with Moscow on a U.S.-Russia nuclear cooperation agreement that some experts predicted would open the door to so much new and lucrative nuclear trade that Russia could afford to jettison the Bushehr contract. But said one U.S. official: "Russia wants both."

Russia and Iran last month signed an agreement fixing a 2007 start-up date for Bushehr, with Moscow resisting pressure from Tehran to speed up work on the long-delayed plant.

Rose Gottemoeller, director of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Moscow Center who worked closely with Russia as a senior Clinton administration official, said she was comfortable with the Bushehr exemption.

"My basic conclusion is (Russian officials) have gotten religion on this issue and have tailored the Bushehr fuel services contract to properly avoid proliferation while preserving the reactor deal," she said in an e-mail.

Mark Medish, another Carnegie Russian expert, said the exemption reflects practical politics and there could be diplomatic value in allowing a Russia-Iran channel to continue operating. Also, letting Bushehr proceed gives the Security Council flexibility to further tighten sanctions in the future, he said.

But Henry Sokolski of the Non-proliferation Education Center said a Bushehr exemption would be a disappointment after the tough U.N. sanctions imposed on North Korea.

Given concerns about Iran covertly making nuclear fuel, "you shouldn't trust them with a light-water reactor," said Sokolski, who says such technology is more dangerous than many people think.

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وزيرخارجه روسيه فاش ساخت
طرح امريكا و احتمالا اروپا
تغيير رژيم ايران، به كمك
شورای امنيت سازمان ملل




مصاحبه وزير خارجه روسيه همزمان شد با ورود وزير خارجه امريكا به مسكو. وی دراين مصاحبه گفت: روسيه نمی*تواند از تلاش برای استفاده از شورای امنيت جهت تنبيه ايران يا سوءاستفاده از برنامه* هسته* ای ايران به منظور ايجاد تغيير رژيم در تهران حمايت كنيم.



درآستانه تشكيل اجلاس شورای امنيت سازمان ملل كه گمان قوی می رود در آن قطعنامه مرحله اول تحريم اقتصادی ايران تصويب شود، وزير خارجه روسيه در همين ارتباط يك مصاحبه خبری كرد. اين مصاحبه با خبرگزاری فعال كويت انجام شد كه كوچكترين اخبار مربوط به فعاليت های اتمی ايران را پوشش منطقه ای می دهد.

سرگی لاوروف، وزير امور خارجه روسيه، در مصاحبه* خود كه همزمان شد با ورود "رايس" وزير خارجه امريكا به مسكو، برای نخستين بار فاش ساخت كه امريكا و احتمالا متحدان اروپائی آن در تلاش اند تا از طريق شورای امنيت سازمان ملل حاكميت را در ايران تغيير بدهند!

لاوروف در اين مصاحبه گفت:« روسيه با هرگونه تلاش برای استفاده از شورای امنيت جهت ايجاد تغيير در حكومت ايران مخالف است. ما نمی*توانيم از اين اقدام حمايت كنيم و بطور فعالانه با هرگونه تلاشی برای استفاده از شورای امنيت جهت تنبيه ايران يا سوءاستفاده از برنامه* هسته*يی ايران به منظور ايجاد تغيير رژيم در تهران مخالفت خواهيم كرد. روسيه به گسترش سلاح هسته* به عنوان يك مشكل جهانی می نگرد و آن را كاملا جدی می داند و از ايران نيز خواسته است تا به جامعه بين*المللی اطمينان بدهد بدنبال برنامه نظامی در فعاليت های اتمی اش نيست. روسيه معتقد است كه ايران بايد در نهايت به پيشنهادهای سازنده ای كه ارائه شده پاسخ مثبت بدهد و بطور كامل با آژانس انرژی هسته* ای همكاری كند تا همه*ی سؤالهای مهم درباره برنامه* هسته*يی*اش برطرف شود. ما همچنين از ايران خواسته ايم تا هرچه زودتر به پرسش های اتمی مطرح شده پاسخ بدهد. اما تشخيص اينكه برنامه هسته ای ايران نظامی است يا نه؟ برعهده بازرسان آژانس انرژی اتمی است. »

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Russia queries EU draft on Iran

Moscow has said a draft UN Security Council resolution on Iran's nuclear programme appears not to match positions agreed within the council.
The council's five permanent members plus Germany are meeting in New York to discuss sanctions over Iran's failure to stop sensitive nuclear fuel work.

The new resolution has been drafted by the council's three EU members.

Russia's foreign minister said the draft did not seem to "match those tasks the six sides agreed on".

"Our goal is to eliminate the risks of sensitive technologies getting into the hands of Iran until [UN nuclear inspectors] clarify the issues of interest to them, while maintaining all possible channels of communication with Iran," Sergei Lavrov said on a visit to Siberia.

The question is whether Russia and China, who both have the power to veto resolutions, will go along with the sanctions being proposed, the BBC's Laura Trevelyan reports from the UN.

They have significant economic ties to Tehran and Russia is resisting any restrictions on its work to build a new nuclear reactor at Bushehr in Iran.

Bans and freezes

Iran says it has a right to enrich uranium and it is doing it to make electricity but the same process can also be used to make a nuclear bomb, our correspondent notes.

The Security Council told Iran to stop what it was doing by the end of August or face action.

France's ambassador to the UN, Jean-Marc de la Sabliere, explained what was in the draft resolution:

"All states shall prevent the sale and supply to Iran of items and technologies which could contribute to its nuclear and missile programme.

"It says also that persons engaged in this programme shall be banned from travel.

"Also that funds and assets of these people and entities involved in Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programme shall be frozen."

Richard Grenell, spokesman for the US mission to the UN, said on Wednesday that the US hoped to make changes to the EU three's draft but he gave no details.

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