China blocks proposed Iran resolution

[NNN0LHI]

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411366/706506

Apr 26, 2006

China, which has veto power in the UN Security Council, rejected on Tuesday a US proposal to order Iran to suspend uranium enrichment work under legally binding provisions of the United Nations Charter.

With China and Russia opposed to sanctions against Iran, the West wants to ratchet up pressure gradually to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions after a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, due on Friday.

As a first step, Western powers want a Security Council resolution that would turn demands in an earlier council statement on Iran into a legally binding measure under the Chapter 7 provision of the UN Charter.

But China's UN Ambassador Wang Guangya told reporters, "It has always been China's position that this Iranian nuclear issue has to be solved diplomatically."

"Therefore I think any resolution based on Chapter 7 will not serve the purpose in this regard," Wang said.

[babylonsister]

1. China blocks US proposal? Which is it? nt

[C_U_L8R]

2. I assume Bush's yanking on Hu's coatsleeve

didn't help matters either

[BillZBubb]

3. With the weasels running the US, any UN vote will be used for war

They will twist any resolution passed as justification and permission for war. Hopefully, neither the UN or Senate Democrats will fall for their ploy this time.

[lostexpectation]

4. Russia did use its veto on Iraq didn't it

the UN only retrospectively approved?

[U4ikLefty]

5. How does the world handle the "American nuclear issue"

after all WE WERE THE ONES to drop the bomb...twice!!!