Iran
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Tomorrow afternoon (12 June), Ambassador Néstor Osorio (Colombia), Chair of the Iran Sanctions Committee, will brief the Council in a regular 90-day update on the Committee’s work. As is usually the case with these quarterly briefings, Council members will likely...
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The mandate of the Panel of Experts (PoE) that assists the Iran Sanctions Committee (1737 Committee) expires on 9 June. The Council is expected to adopt a resolution renewing the PoE's mandate for one year in early June. Later in the month, the Council is expected to receive a regular quarterly briefing from the chair of the 1737 Committee, Ambassador Néstor Osorio (Colombia).
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In March, the chair of the Iran Sanctions Committee (1737 Committee), Ambassador Néstor Osorio (Colombia), is expected to provide the Council with a regular quarterly briefing. The report is likely to be routine. Other Council members will then be given the opportunity to address the issue of Iran's nuclear programme. No Council action is expected following the briefing.
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Ambassador Néstor Osorio (Colombia), chair of the Iran Sanctions Committee (1737 Committee), is expected to provide the Council in December with a regularly scheduled 90-day briefing. The briefing is likely to be routine; the floor will then be opened to other Council members.
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In September, the Council is expecting a regular 90-day briefing from Ambassador Néstor Osorio (Colombia), the chair of the Iran Sanctions Committee (1737 Committee). At press time, no Council decision was expected.
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The mandates for the Iran and DRPK sanctions committees experts expire on 9 and 12 June respectively. Council members at expert level have been negotiating resolutions renewing the mandate of these two panel of experts and expected to adopt them...
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The Council is expected to receive a briefing from the chair of the sanctions committee on Iran in June. The chair typically briefs the Council every 90 days.
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It seems the panel of experts that assists the Iran sanctions committee circulated its final report to Council members on Saturday 7 May. The report was due to the Council 30 days before the expiry of the panel’s mandate on...
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Tomorrow afternoon, Colombian Ambassador Nestor Osorio,will brief Council members for the first time as the chair of the 1737 Committee on Iran. He is expected to report on the work of the sanctions committee including the sanctions committee’s panel of...
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The Council is expected to receive a briefing from the chair of the 1737 Sanctions Committee on Iran in March. (The chair typically briefs the Council every ninety days; this will be the first briefing by the current chair, Ambassador Néstor Osorio of Colombia.) An IAEA report on Iran's compliance with Council resolutions is also expected before the briefing.
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A quarterly briefing from the chair of the 1737 Sanctions Committee on Iran is expected in December. An IAEA report on Iran's compliance with Council resolutions is also expected. No Council action seemed likely at time of writing.
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A briefing from the chair of the 1737 Sanctions Committee on Iran is expected in September. A report from the IAEA on Iran's compliance with Council resolutions is also expected. No Council action was expected at time of writing. However, issues relating to Iran seem likely to arise in various informal meetings during the high-level General Assembly week in September.
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The Council seems likely to adopt very shortly a resolution that would impose additional sanctions on Iran. However, a vote seems probable since unanimous support appears unlikely.
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Iran’s nuclear programme is expected to be an active issue on the Council’s June calendar. In addition, the chair of the 1737 Sanctions Committee on Iran is expected to brief the Council in June. An IAEA report on Iran's compliance with previous Council resolutions is also likely. Adoption of a resolution imposing additional sanctions on Iran is a likely outcome.
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The P5 plus Germany are still working on elements for a draft resolution to impose additional sanctions on Iran in response to the country's non-compliance with IAEA and Council decisions. It seems likely that the Council as a whole will consider the Iran nuclear issue in May.
