IAEA governors to conclude deliberations with Iran Sep 14

London (Platts)--14Sep2006

The IAEA governors will conclude deliberations on Iran September 14 without
having introduced any resolution, or taking any other action, officials
attending the meeting said September 13 at the end of the agency's session.

The 35-member IAEA board began discussing Iran's non-compliance with its IAEA
safeguards agreement the morning of September 13. The governors have discussed
other issues since the meeting began September 11. Officials attending the
meeting said that about a dozen members will make individual statements on
September 14 about Iran's nuclear program, and that Iran will make a statement
at the meeting's conclusion.

At the September 13 session, statements made by about another dozen states did
not depart from their previous positions on Iran. That indicates there is no
consensus on the board supporting efforts by the US and UK to press for
sanctions against Iran. The two sought sanctions following Iran's failure to
comply with a United Nations Security Council resolution to suspend its
uranium enrichment program no later than August 31. Robert Schulte, US
ambassador to the IAEA, said at the end of the meeting that Malaysia, a member
of the non-aligned movement, or NAM, gave a statement on behalf of the NAM
that "could have been written by Iran." The governors agreed not to try to
pass a resolution on the Iran issue this week, one Western official at the
meeting said. That was to keep from interfering with talks going on in
parallel between Iran and the European Union on terms for starting
negotiations between Iran and six states -- China, France, Germany, Russia,
the UK, and the US.

This summer, the states proposed nuclear cooperation with Iran in exchange for
a full and verified suspension of Iran's enrichment program.

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