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Newest IAEA report on
Iran cites continued concerns in anticipation of full UNSC consideration
By Steven C. Welsh
March 3, 2006
With UN Security Council (UNSC) referral already underway, International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei on Feb. 27, 2006,
circulated to the IAEA Board of Governors the latest IAEA report on the Iranian
nuclear program, in anticipation of the board’s upcoming meeting beginning March
6, 2006. Steven C. Welsh, CDI research analyst and legal scholar, examines
some of its findings ...
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IAEA formally refers
Iranian matter to UN Security Council
By Steven C. Welsh
Feb. 27, 2006
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on Feb. 4,
2006, formally referred the Iranian nuclear matter to the UN Security Council (UNSC).
The board remains seized of the matter and has made the referral in
anticipation of sharing with the UNSC the next report from IAEA Director-General
Mohamed ElBaradei, to be delivered to the board for its next meeting on March 6,
2006.
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IAEA on Iran: recent and pending action and legal
parameters
By Steven C. Welsh
Feb. 2, 2006
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on Feb. 2,
2006, formally resumes consideration of the Iranian nuclear program in Vienna
and, consistent with the international legal framework governing the agency,
very likely will refer the matter to the UN Security Council (UNSC). However,
the report and notification most likely will be what can be termed a “referral
with a deferral,” at least a deferral of around a month. Steven C. Welsh, CDI
research analyst and legal scholar, examines some of the surrounding issues
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Iran reportedly beefing up against preemptive strikes
on nuclear facilities; Revolutionary Guard lawyers pushing construction
contracts
By Steven C. Welsh
Jan. 31, 2006
Even as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board
of Governors prepares for a Feb. 2, 2006, special meeting to once again address
UN Security Council (UNSC) referral of the Iranian nuclear matter, Jane’s
Defence Weekly reports that attorneys for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary
Guards Corps (IRGC) have undertaken procurement contracts to bolster
fortifications for Iranian nuclear facilities in anticipation of possible
preemptive strikes. The program reportedly is in coordination with North
Korean experts, largely focusing on tunneling and other underground construction
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Iranian
Nuclear Activities: IAEA Board of Governors Considers UN Security Council
Notification
By Steven C. Welsh
Sept. 23, 2005
The confidential report to the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on investigations into Iranian nuclear
activities sounds a now-familiar refrain: partial cooperation, delays, some
progress, ongoing unanswered questions, and the need for greater transparency. The IAEA and UNSC are meant to function as partners within
the UN system, and the IAEA Board of Governors is legally bound to notify the
UNSC about safeguards noncompliance and, independently, matters potentially
impacting international security. UNSC involvement need not be ominous, but has
the potential to help strengthen the IAEA to behave more like a proactive
nuclear watchdog rather than a mere auditor and accountant of voluntarily
disclosed activities, in the process strengthening the UN system in its capacity
to build peace and forestall conflict ...
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Iran’s Nuclear Program and International Legal
Instruments: IAEA Statute
By Steven C. Welsh
Nov. 24, 2004
The plain text of the Statute of the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) reaffirms the UN Charter’s position that the UN Security Council
is the leading forum for security matters and suggests parallel tracks for
IAEA-related Security Council referrals. The statute
uses language suggesting that in the kind of situations cited such reporting is
mandatory ...
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The Iranian Nuclear
Program, International Law, and Russia
By Steven C. Welsh
Nov. 23, 2004
The Fall 2004 IAEA report provided to the IAEA Board of Governors declared
in paragraph 85: "Based on all information currently available to the Agency, it
is clear that Iran has failed in a number of instances over an extended period
of time to meet its obligations under its Safeguards Agreement." Russia
would be wise to view the Iranian nuclear matter in the context of international
law, which in turn requires referral to the Security Council. Under
international law the "right" to nuclear energy functions more like a privilege,
subject to conditions and restrictions Iran has flaunted, as indicated by the
IAEA report making clear that Iran has followed a pattern of concealment and
deception ...
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