DAR AL HARB / ISLAM: A NEW U.N. RESOLUTION FOR IRAN

Six powers agree on framework for UN resolution on Iran

PARIS - The United States, four European powers and China have agreed on the framework for a new UN resolution toughening sanctions on Iran, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said on Friday.

The five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany “are fully in agreement on the framework of a new resolution”, said Douste-Blazy.

The breakthrough came during a telephone conference call held Thursday between political directors from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States.

Washington reported progress during the two-hour talks, with US officials saying that another conference call was scheduled for Saturday and that work on the draft text could begin next week.

The foreign minister said that the new resolution would be drafted under the terms of article 41 of the UN charter which authorises the Security Council to take all necessary measures, except military ones, to enforce its resolutions.

“The political directors also discussed the broad outlines of the contents of the new resolution,” said the minister.

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