Saturday, April 29, 2006
UN IGNORED
Confronted by the UN’s might, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is holding his nerve somehow:
Iran has ignored a UN Security Council call to suspend all nuclear fuel enrichment, a report by the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has concluded.
Mohamed ElBaradei’s report said that Tehran had done little to answer questions over its nuclear intentions.
The UN wants the research halted amid Western fears - denied by Iran - that Tehran might develop nuclear weapons.
US Ambassador John Bolton said he would now push for Iran to face mandatory UN demands to stop its nuclear work.
There exists the faint possibility that Iran may not comply with any UN demands. What then, UN? Will a scowling be launched? Going to back up your demands with some smashmouth finger-waving? Could it be time for Kofi’s expression of deep concern, outlawed under the Geneva Convention because of the paralysing giggling fits it induces?