U.N. Security Council's Draft Statement on Iranian Nuclear Program

March 17, 2006 — -- The following is a draft of a statement currently under consideration by the United Nations Security Council on Iran's nuclear program.

The Security Council:

(i) to re-establish full and sustained suspension of all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, including research and development, as set out in Board resolutions and to be verified by the IAEA;

(ii) to reconsider the construction of a research reactor moderated by heavy water;

(iii) promptly to ratify and implement in full the Additional Protocol;

(iv) pending its ratification, to resume acting in accordance with its provisions; and