00:00I now give the floor to Ms. Rosemarie DiCarlo.
00:04Madam President, thank you for the opportunity to brief the Council on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
00:11and the implementation of Resolution 2231.
00:17As the Secretary General noted in his latest report,
00:21with less than four months left until the termination of its provisions,
00:25the objectives of Resolution 2231 and those of the JCPOA have yet to be fully realized.
00:35This is regrettable.
00:37The JCPOA was adopted in 2015 to ensure that the Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear program would be exclusively peaceful.
00:48It included sanctions relief, nuclear program restrictions, and monitoring and verification.
00:56The JCPOA has faced many challenges since its inception,
01:01including the withdrawal of the United States from the agreement in 2018
01:05and Iran's withdrawal from some of its commitments, as outlined in the plan.
01:11Still, over the last few months, JCPOA participants increased their efforts to identify a way forward
01:20for full implementation of the plan.
01:23In addition, Iran and the United States engaged in five rounds of bilateral talks facilitated by Oman.
01:32Regrettably, neither of these initiatives produced a way forward to ensuring the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program.
01:43The military escalation between Israel and Iran since 13 June
01:48and United States airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities on 21 June
01:54complicated prospects for achieving full implementation of Resolution 2231.
02:02Iran strikes yesterday an abase in Qatar,
02:06an action which the Secretary General condemned further exacerbated insecurity in an already tense region.
02:16Madam President,
02:18Earlier today, the Secretary General welcomed the announcement by the United States,
02:25in coordination with Qatar, of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran
02:30and urged them to respect it fully.
02:33This is a significant achievement that potentially pulls Iran, Israel, and the region back from the brink.
02:43The people of Iran in Israel have already suffered too much.
02:47According to the Iranian Ministry of Health,
02:52since the start of the conflict, at least 606 people have been killed,
02:57with 107 killed in the past 24 hours and 5,332 injured.
03:05According to Israeli authorities, 28 people were killed and 1,472 were injured during the conflict.
03:14The International Atomic Energy Agency observed that the significantly increased production
03:29and accumulation of highly enriched uranium by the Islamic Republic of Iran was of serious concern.
03:37The IAEA reiterated that its verification and monitoring activities related to the JCPOA
03:47have been seriously affected by the secession of implementation by Iran of its nuclear-related commitments under the plan.
03:57The agency also again noted that it had lost its continuity of knowledge on many aspects of Iran's nuclear program,
04:07as it had not been able to perform verification and monitoring activities in the Islamic Republic of Iran for more than four years.
04:17In addition, the IAEA noted it was unable to verify the total stockpile of enriched uranium in the country,
04:26and had not done so since February 2021.
04:31During the reporting period, the Secretary General received several communications from JCPOA participants.
04:41On 17 March, the Permanent Representatives of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Russian Federation
04:49shared a joint statement adopted at their meeting of 14 March in Beijing,
04:54in which they stressed the importance of Resolution 2231, including its timeframes.
05:02In a separate letter received the same day, the Permanent Representative of China
05:07shared a proposal for the settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue,
05:12highlighting the JCPOA as the basis for a new consensus and cooperation through dialogue,
05:18and a step-by-step and reciprocal approach.
05:24In letters received on 9, 11, and 12 June,
05:28the Permanent Representatives of France, Germany, the United Kingdom,
05:32the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Russian Federation
05:36shared their different views regarding the causes of the impasse
05:40in the implementation of Resolution 2231.
05:45Despite their diverging outlooks,
05:48all five member states reiterated the importance of negotiations
05:53and reaffirmed their commitment to finding a diplomatic solution.
05:59Madam President, I'll now turn to the restrictive measures set out in Annex B to Resolution 2231.
06:06The only measures that remain in effect pertain to nuclear activities and transfers.
06:12Those measures will remain in place until 18 October 2025,
06:18unless decided otherwise by the Council.
06:22The Secretariat received no allegations of violations of these provisions during the reporting period.
06:28However, no new proposals have been submitted in the procurement channel in the last six months of the reporting cycle.
06:38The Security Council, however, received eight notifications regarding the nuclear-related restrictive measures
06:45for certain activities consistent with the JCPOA.
06:48Madam President, at the heart of this conflict is the nature of Iran's nuclear program.
06:59Following the deadly clashes of the past 12 days,
07:02the ceasefire agreement is an opportunity to avoid a catastrophic escalation and achieve a peaceful resolution of the Iran nuclear issue.
07:14Diplomacy, dialogue, and verification remain the best option to ensure the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program
07:24and to bring about concrete economic benefits to the people of Iran.
07:30As the Secretary General said earlier today,
07:33the United Nations stands ready to support all efforts that advance peace, dialogue, and stability in the region.
07:40And finally, Madam President, the Secretariat will continue to support the implementation of 2231 until the termination date of 18 October.
07:54I'd like to take this opportunity to thank His Excellency, Samuels Bogar of Slovenia,
07:59for his leadership as Security Council facilitator for the implementation of the resolution.
08:05I also thank the Coordinator of the Procurement Working Group of the Joint Commissioner for our continued cooperation.
08:13Thank you, Madam President.
08:14I thank Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing.
08:18I now give the floor to His Excellency, Ms. Stavros Lambrinidis.
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