UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday welcomed the statement of the UN
Security Council on the Iran nuclear issue, and called upon Iran to cooperate
with the international community.
In a statement released by his spokeswoman, Annan hailed
"the spirit of consensus" that was demonstrated by the members
of the Security Council in the Presidential Statement on non-proliferation.
He hoped that "Iran will heed the international community's concerns, as
reflected in the Council statement, regarding Iran's nuclear program", and "will
cooperate fully with its obligations under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
(NPT) and successive International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolutions."
After three weeks of intense negotiations, the UN Security Council
unanimously adopted a presidential statement Wednesday afternoon calling on Iran
to resume suspension of all uranium enrichment-related activities within 30
days.
