European Parliament resolution on the confrontation between Iran and the international community
Date: 2006-02-15
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, international cooperation, nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear policy, nuclear safety

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TEXTS ADOPTED

Wednesday 15 February 2006

P6_TA(2006)0059

Community Air Traffic Controller Licence ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a directive
of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Community Air Traffic Controller Licence
(10724/2/2005 — C6-0399/2005 — 2004/0146(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council common position (10724/2/2005 — C6-0399/2005),

— having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2004)0473) (2),

— having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2005)0293) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism

(A6-0007/2006),

Approves the common position;

Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

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2.

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of

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the EC Treaty;

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Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have
been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in
the Official Journal of the European Union;

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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) OJ C 320 E, 15.12.2005, p. 50.
(2) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0060

Iran

European Parliament

resolution on the confrontation between Iran and the international

community

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its previous resolutions of 13 October 2005 (1) and of 17 November 2005 (2) on Iran,

— having regard to the conclusions of the General Affairs Council of 30 and 31 January 2006,

(1) Text adopted P6_TA(2005)0382.
(2) Text adopted P6_TA(2005)0441.

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— having regard to the resolutions of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors
of 24 September 2005 and 4 February 2006 on the implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement
in the Islamic Republic of Iran,

— having regard to the reports of the IAEA Director General of 2 September 2005 and 18 November
2005 on the implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran,

— having regard to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) 1968 and notably its
Article IV, which provides that ‘[n]othing in this Treaty shall be interpreted as affecting the inalienable
right of all the Parties to the Treaty to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for
peaceful purposes without discrimination and in conformity with Articles I and II of this Treaty’,

— having regard to the E3/EU statement of 13 January 2006 and the statement by UK Foreign Minister
Jack Straw following the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of China, France, Germany, Russia, the United
Kingdom, the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union in London
on 30 January 2006,

— having regard to the Paris Agreement of 15 November 2004 between the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran)
and the United Kingdom, France and Germany (E3) and to Iran's decision of 1 August 2005 to resume
uranium conversion activities in contravention of the provisions of that Agreement,

— having regard to the UN General Assembly resolution of 11 January 2006 at its 60th session on the
follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Review Conferences of
the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,

— having regard to Rule 103(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas public statements of President Ahmadinejad have denied Israel's right to exist and the reality of

the Holocaust,

B. whereas the Director General of the IAEA, Mohammed El Baradei, has expressed his serious concerns
on numerous occasions and has reported that, after two-and-a-half years of intensive inspections and
investigation, the IAEA is not yet in a position to clarify some important issues,

C. whereas on 1 August 2005, Iran decided to resume uranium-conversion activities in contravention of
its obligations under the Paris Agreement, and whereas on 8 August 2005 Iran resumed uranium
conversion activities at its Isfahan facility and took steps to resume enrichment activities on 10 January
2006,

D. whereas the IAEA resolution of 4 February 2006 refers to the ‘absence of confidence’ in the peaceful
‘Iran's full transparency is indispensable and

purposes of Iran's nuclear programme and states that,
overdue for the Agency to be able to clarify outstanding issues’,

E. whereas the IAEA has reiterated its concern about the continuing gaps in its understanding of many

proliferation-sensitive aspects of Iran's nuclear programme,

F. whereas the IAEA has repeatedly requested Iran's cooperation in following up on reports and has
offered different solutions, including that of enriching uranium in Russia, but Iran has failed to make
clear its position on those proposals,

G. whereas in November 2005, the Director General of the IAEA reported that Iran was in possession of a
document related to the procedural requirements for the reduction of UF6 to metal in small quantities,
and on the casting and machining of enriched, natural and depleted uranium metal into hemispherical
forms, which, as reported by IAEA, is a process related to the fabrication of nuclear weapons com-
ponents,

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H. whereas on 30 January 2006, the Foreign Ministers of China, France, Germany, Russia, the UK and the
US and the High Representative of the EU agreed that an extraordinary IAEA Board meeting should
report to the UN Security Council, which would defer any action until after the IAEA Director General's
report to the Board meeting of 6 March 2006 and any IAEA resolution adopted at that meeting,

I. whereas on 5 February 2006, the Iranian government announced that it would cease all voluntary
cooperation with the IAEA and that it would allow no further unannounced IAEA inspections on
Iranian nuclear premises, as permitted by the Additional Protocol to the NPT, and on 6 February
2006, further announced that it would remove IAEA surveillance cameras and agency seals from sites
and nuclear equipment,

J. whereas the last NPT Review Conference in 2005 failed to strengthen a multilateral initiative against the

threat of proliferation of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction,

K. whereas EU relations with Iran have been based on a threefold approach, characterised by negotiations
on a trade and cooperation agreement, political dialogue and a human rights dialogue, and whereas the
political dialogue has been suspended because of the current crisis,

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Reiterates its condemnation of President Ahmadinejad's threatening remarks against Israel, which do
not inspire confidence in the Iranian Government's intentions to adopt a peaceful and constructive role in
the Middle East; therefore criticises President Ahmadinejad's meeting with representatives of the Palestinian
Islamic Jihad during his recent trip to Syria and demands that Iran immediately cease any support of
terrorist groups;

Expresses its deep concern about the present attitude of the Iranian authorities to Iran's nuclear
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programme, notably to the removal of seals at several nuclear installations, and its decision to resume
enrichment-related activities;

Endorses the IAEA's resolution of 4 February 2006, which criticises Iran for non-compliance with the
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IAEA's recommendations and which underlines the resulting absence of confidence in Iran's intention to use
its nuclear programme exclusively for peaceful purposes;

Supports the IAEA's request, in its resolution of 4 February 2006, to ask its Director General to report
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to the UN Security Council and to elaborate on all the reports and resolutions adopted by the IAEA in
relation to this issue;

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Considers that, in accordance with the IAEA's resolution of 24 September 2005, it is necessary for
Iran to re-establish the full and sustained suspension of all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, to
reconsider the construction of a research reactor moderated by heavy water, to ratify promptly and resume
full
in general terms, to implement the transparency
measures requested by the IAEA Director General;

implementation of the Additional Protocol and,

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Reaffirms that Iran has the right to develop a nuclear programme in conformity with Article IV of the
NPT and supports the initiatives and proposals of the EU 3 and other international partners for cooperation
with Iran in the nuclear field for peaceful purposes; at the same time reiterates its call on the Iranian
Government to refrain from threatening any state and to act with respect for the principles of the Charter
of the United Nations;

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Considers that, as proposed by the IAEA, the involvement of the UN Security Council constitutes a
necessary step on the road to assessing the present situation and agrees with the Council's conclusions
calling for the strengthening of the role of the IAEA; takes the view that this move should prevent a further
deterioration of the present situation; calls on the Member States to coordinate closely their initiatives
within the IAEA and the UN;

Confirms that this issue must be resolved in accordance with international law, and takes the view that
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this will require a cooperative and transparent approach towards the IAEA on the part of the Iranian
government; supports,
the proliferation of nuclear
the E3's commitment
weapons, and calls on all the parties involved to do their utmost to make progress towards a negotiated
settlement of the nuclear dispute before the IAEA Director General's report to the Board meeting of
6 March 2006;

in this context,

to prevent

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Stresses the importance of cooperation with the USA, Russia, China and non-aligned countries in
order to consider complementary action with a view to achieving a comprehensive agreement with Iran
concerning its nuclear facilities and their use, which takes account of Iran's security concerns;

Invites Iran to consider seriously the Russian uranium enrichment process proposal, shared by the
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E3, which would allow Iran to advance its nuclear programme within a multilateral framework; considers
that such a solution must be acknowledged as a proposed improvement to the present rules, under IAEA
control, for any interested countries, and calls on the European Union to support proposals such as that of
the UN High-Level Panel of Experts to achieve multilateral administration of uranium enrichment, for
example for the Middle Eastern Region, with distribution placed under the control of the IAEA;

Deeply regrets that all attempts in the year 2005 to achieve progress in nuclear disarmament, the

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NPT revision, and the UN reform summit, utterly failed;

Commends the IAEA Director General and Secretariat for their professional and impartial efforts to
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implement the Safeguards Agreement in Iran; stresses that the involvement of the Security Council does not
end the IAEA's current responsibilities and urges Iran to allow it to continue to make full use of control and
inspection capacities;

Calls on Iran to take advantage of its enormous energy reserves and technological know-how in
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order to invest in the development of renewable energies and the modern and rational use of fossil energies;

Takes the view that the establishment of a zone free of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle

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East could be an important step towards meeting the security concerns of the countries of that region;

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Calls on the Commission to implement all actions that are to be taken in the framework of the
European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights in order to intensify contacts and cooperation with
Iran's civil society,
its independent media, and its democratic opposition, and furthermore to support,
together with the European Parliament, democracy and respect for human rights in Iran;

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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments
and parliaments of the Member States, the governments and parliaments of the Islamic Republic of Iran and
all other states referred to in this resolution, the Director General of the IAEA and the UN Secretary-General.