A UN REPORT LED Israeli Ambassador Calls for 'Serious Action' Following Iran Nuke Report.
Israeli Ambassador Calls for 'Serious Action' Following Iran Nuke Report The White House also says the international community must work together to address Iran's uranium enrichment activities, after a United Nations report showed Iran has enough uranium to build a nuclear bomb. FOXNews.com Friday, February 20, 2009 Israel's ambassador to the U.S. called for "immediate and serious action" Friday after a United Nations report showed Iran has enough uranium to build a nuclear bomb. The White House also said the international community must work together to address Iran's uranium enrichment activities, calling the rogue nation's nuclear capabilities an "urgent problem." Israeli Ambassador Sallai Meridor, in an interview with FOXNews.com, said the report only emphasizes the threat Iran poses to the rest of the world. "It's an extremely worrisome report. ... It emphasizes that with every day passing, Iran is getting closer to a nuclear military capacity," he said. "The world must take immediate and serious action in order to prevent this nightmare from happening." He did not detail what those actions could entail, but said, for example, "Sanctions should be enhanced significantly." "The only option that is not on the table is to allow Iran to get military nuclear (capabilities)," Meridor said. He said such a scenario would release a "nuclear genie" that would "endanger every society in the world." "We are at a very, very serious and dangerous juncture to world peace," he told FOXNews.com. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the report, by the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency, represented "another lost opportunity" for Iran as it continues to "renege" on its international obligations. Gibbs called Iran an "urgent problem that has to be addressed." He says "we can't delay addressing it." He said the international community can't have confidence in Iran's claims that the program is peaceful, and for producing energy, if it doesn't comply with the U.N. Meanwhile, both U.S. and Israeli officials said they were optimistic about the prospects for a peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, even though hard-liner Benjamin Netanyahu was just tapped to put together Israel's next ruling coalition. A coalition of right-wingers, if formed, could collide with the Obama administration and its ambitious plans for ending 60 years of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. But U.S. State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid said Friday that the U.S. will work with the next Israeli government however it is composed. "We are always optimistic. We've been working on the peace process for a number of years," he said. "I think this shows determination by the United States to continue to work for a two-state solution in the Middle East and to help bring stability to the region." Meridor said the desire for peace is unchanged, though any agreement must not compromise the security of Israel. FOR CAMBODIA 10 UN RESOLUTIONS CALLING VIETNAM TO CEASE HER OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA ARE NOT RESPECTED FROM 1979-2009. 116 UN MEMBER COUNTRIES calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. UN Passes Strong Resolution on Cambodia Human Rights Abuses Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a resolution condemning Vietnam’s occupation of Cambodia as a violation of Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions. Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. IT'S A CRIME FOR VIETNAM TO BEHAVE LIKE SAUVAGES BURY _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®…more than just e-mail. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_022009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
