The Iranian regime now appears convinced it will be able to "go nuclear" with impunity despite the protests of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the likely paralysis of the UN Security Council and the difficulty of Israeli or American preemptive strikes against its nuclear facilities.
Representatives of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany began a fresh round of talks with Iran over its nuclear plans, this time in Baghdad, hoping to persuade its government to agree to stop enriching its uranium to the high grade that would enable it to make a bomb.
And just yesterday, the biggest cities of four of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council were in competition to host the Summer Olympics.
As I have said before, I do not believe that there is any basis in law for arguing that there is an implied condition of reasonableness which can be read into the power of veto conferred on the permanent members of the Security Council by the UN Charter.
Most of the rest of the world, led by the Americans and the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council, including China and Russia, disagree with differing levels of firmness.
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany have held a series of negotiations with Iran over the years.
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany have held a series of negotiations over the years - but there has been no breakthrough.
On Wednesday emissaries of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany convened in Wiesbaden, Germany, to discuss their joint policies toward Iran in the aftermath of the satellite launch.
Speaking on behalf of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the US, UK, France, Russia and China - British Foreign Secretary William Hague said all five were committed to supporting Mr Annan's efforts.
We urge North Korea to come into compliance with all the relevant directives of the UN Security Council and fulfill its commitments under the Joint Statement by China, the DPRK, the Republic of Korea, Russia, the U.S., and Japan of September 19, 2005.
Of the ten states that make up the coalition involved in the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1973 (Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Qatar, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States of America) eight are party to the Convention (Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Qatar, Spain and the United States of America).
And of the other five permanent members of the UN Security Council, China and France have also signed oil deals with Iraq over the past few years.
The faces of the French and German ambassadors had been replaced by those of weasels and the UN Security Council was dubbed the "Council of weasels".
An early chance to gauge Russia's response will come on October 1st, at talks in New York between Iran and the permanent members of the UN Security Council (including America, which is seeking to engage Iran) as well as Germany.
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They also reaffirmed the importance of full implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions 1718, 1874, and 1929 by the international community.
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The full text of the resolution on Iraqi compiance with weapons inspections approved by all 15 members of the UN Security Council.
On March 25, 2005 the US and France pushed through UN Security Council Resolution 1695 mandating the establishment of a UN commission to investigate Hariri's assassination.
The seismic waves precipitated by the latest detonation seem likely to rattle more than the windows and members of the UN Security Council.
It remains unclear, however, whether Iran would follow this with a full suspension of enrichment, which remains the condition set by America, Britain, France, Russia and China, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany for letting Iran off the sanctions hook.
He said the government would "redouble" its efforts to seek the end of the "doomed" Assad regime, despite the failure of the UN Security Council resolution.
The ICTY was established by Resolution 827 of the UN Security Council in May 1993 and all UN members are obliged to co-operate fully with it.
Ivory Coast's ambassador to the UN told the BBC his country had not had the chance to defend itself in front of the UN Security Council.
He said there was an urgent need to "break the vicious cycle that threatens to destroy Syria" and that the UK and Russia, as members of the UN Security Council and the G8, must take the lead in helping shape a political transition.
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It made a mistake by joining Brazil in an ill-fated Iranian nuclear initiative that led to the embarrassing sight of Turkey, a member of the UN Security Council in 2009-10, voting against tougher sanctions on Iran.
While the proposed use of drones is for surveillance purposes only, the Security Council resolution authorizing UN operations in the DRC could allow for the drones to be armed and would authorize the use of force if necessary to protect individuals from an imminent threat of violence.
He has used the US veto at the UN Security Council as a means of pressuring Israel to make further unreciprocated concessions to the Palestinians.
This can only be done by the UN Security Council, which still insists Iraq must first allow the return of UN weapons inspectors.
The Director-General highlighted UNESCO's will to support the implementation of milestone UN Security Council Resolution 1998 through technical guidelines.
As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, China could block efforts to pass another resolution authorising the use of force against Saddam Hussein's regime.
Yemen has requested the shipment be investigated by the UN Security Council's group of experts that monitors compliance with the Iran sanctions regime.
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