UN General Assembly
2005

the EU High Representative, Germany, France and the United Kingdom have worked with Iran on finding a way to restore confidence. Those efforts have received broad support from the international community. Tehran’s continued disregard of International Atomic Energy Agency decisions, however, is further weakening that confidence and the gains made to date are being put at risk for no good reason. We should emphasize that our concerns do not relate to Iran’s right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. This has never been and will not be put in question. Our concerns do not relate to Iran’s right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. That has never been and will not be called into question. We remain prepared to work on solutions which include objective guarantees that the Iranian nuclear programme can serve only peaceful ends. I appeal to Iran to refrain from taking unilateral measures and to return to the negotiating table. There is general agreement that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is now more than ever