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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 349 

Condemning the Government of Iran for violating the terms of the 2004 

Paris Agreement, and expressing support for efforts to refer Iran to 

the United Nations Security Council for its noncompliance with International Atomic Energy Agency obligations. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 20, 2006 

Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Mr. KYL) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the Government of Iran for violating the terms 

of the 2004 Paris Agreement, and expressing support 

for efforts to refer Iran to the United Nations Security 

Council for its noncompliance with International Atomic 

Energy Agency obligations. 

Whereas the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported in November 2003 that Iran had been developing 

an undeclared nuclear enrichment program for 18 years 

and had covertly imported nuclear material and equipment, carried out over 110 unreported experiments to 

produce uranium metal, separated plutonium, and concealed many other aspects of its nuclear facilities; 

Whereas, in November 2004, the Governments of the United 

Kingdom, France, and Germany entered into an agree-
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ment with Iran on Iran’s nuclear program (commonly 

known as the ‘‘Paris Agreement’’), successfully securing 

a commitment from the Government of Iran to voluntarily suspend uranium enrichment operations in exchange for discussions on economic, technological, political, and security issues; 

Whereas Article XII.C of the Statute of the IAEA requires 

the IAEA Board of Governors to report the noncompliance of any member of the IAEA with its IAEA obligations to all members and to the Security Council and 

General Assembly of the United Nations; 

Whereas Article III.B–4 of the Statute of the IAEA specifies 

that ‘‘if in connection with the activities of the Agency 

there should arise questions that are within the competence of the Security Council, the Agency shall notify 

the Security Council, as the organ bearing the main responsibility for the maintenance of international peace 

and security’’; 

Whereas, in September 2005, the IAEA Board of Governors 

adopted a resolution declaring that Iran’s many failures 

and breaches constitute noncompliance in the context of 

Article XII.C of the Statute of the IAEA; 

Whereas, on January 3, 2006, the Government of Iran announced that it planned to restart its nuclear research efforts in direct violation of the Paris Agreement; 

Whereas, in January 2006, Iranian officials, in the presence 

of IAEA inspectors, began to remove United Nations 

seals from the enrichment facility in Natanz, Iran; 

Whereas Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Jack 

Straw warned Iranian officials that they were ‘‘pushing 

their luck’’ by removing the United Nations seals that 
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were placed on the Natanz facility by the IAEA 2 years 

earlier; 

Whereas President of France Jacques Chirac said that the 

Governments of Iran and North Korea risk making a 

‘‘serious error’’ by pursuing nuclear activities in defiance 

of international agreements; 

Whereas Foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter 

Steinmeier said that the Government of Iran had 

‘‘crossed lines which it knew would not remain without 

consequences’’; 

Whereas Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stated, ‘‘It is 

obvious that if Iran cannot be brought to live up to its 

international obligations, in fact, the IAEA Statute would 

indicate that Iran would have to be referred to the U.N. 

Security Council.’’; 

Whereas President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated, 

‘‘The Iranian government and nation has no fear of the 

Western ballyhoo and will continue its nuclear programs 

with decisiveness and wisdom.’’; 

Whereas the United States has joined with the Governments 

of Britain, France, and Germany in calling for a meeting 

of the IAEA to discuss Iran’s non-compliance with its 

IAEA obligations; 

Whereas President Ahmadinejad has stated that Israel should 

be ‘‘wiped off the map’’; and 

Whereas the international community is in agreement that 

the Government of Iran should not seek the development 

of nuclear weapons: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 
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1 (1) condemns the decisions of the Government 

2 of Iran to remove United Nations seals from its ura3 nium enrichment facilities and to resume nuclear re4 search efforts; 

5 (2) commends the Governments of Britain, 

6 France, and Germany for their efforts to secure the 

7 2004 Paris Agreement, which resulted in the brief 

8 suspension in Iran of nuclear enrichment activities; 

9 (3) supports the referral of Iran to the United 

10 Nations Security Council under Article XII.C and 

11 Article III.B–4 of the Statute of the IAEA for vio12 lating the Paris Agreement; and 

13 (4) condemns actions by the Government of 

14 Iran to develop, produce, or acquire nuclear weap15 ons. 

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