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Members of the UN Security Council are continuing talks today on the resolution, submitted by the United Kingdom and France, demanding that Iran halt its uranium-enrichment activities. The draft falls under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which allows for sanctions and even military action, although either of those actions would require a separate resolution.

Permanent council members Russia and China have expressed objections to the draft's use of Chapter 7.

The U.S. ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, has said the United States is ready to listen to Chinese and Russian ideas on how to revise the draft.

(AFP, Interfax)

Russian Official Says Iran Resolution Needs 'Major Changes'

UN Security Council (file photo) (CTK)
May 6, 2006 -- Russian news agencies quote Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak as saying a draft resolution on Iran's nuclear program, under debate at the UN Security Council, needs "major changes."

Russian Official Says Iran Resolution Needs 'Major Changes'

UN Security Council (file photo) (CTK)May 6, 2006 -- Russian news agencies quote Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak as saying a draft resolution on Iran's nuclear program, under debate at the UN Security Council, needs "major changes."

UN Security Council (file photo) (CTK)
May 6, 2006 -- Russian news agencies quote Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak as saying a draft resolution on Iran's nuclear program, under debate at the UN Security Council, needs "major changes."