Iran threatens to quit nuclear treaty if referred to UN Security Council
Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said Tuesday that Iran would consider quitting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if the US or EU takes Iran before the UN Security Council over "breaches" of international...
North Korea agreed Monday to abandon its nuclear weapons programs and return to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as the latest round of six-party talks between North Korea, China, Japan, South Korea,...
UN General Assembly working on terrorism definition for global treaty
UN leaders at the 60th General Assembly session now underway in New York in the aftermath of the 2005 World Summit are pressing for agreement on a definition of terrorism and are calling for a broad international...
Iran hints Security Council referral will prompt uranium enrichment
Iran cautioned the International Atomic Energy Agency Sunday that a referral to the UN Security Council may encourage Tehran to begin uranium enrichment. Iran broke seals at a uranium...
Putin calls for strong UN role in terror fight, urges 'constructive' UN reform
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Thursday for collective international action to defeat terrorism as he addressed world leaders at the ongoing 2005 World Summit on UN reform . Putin urged the adoption of...
Lumber industry group challenges constitutionality of NAFTA provision
A US lumber industry trade group has challenged the constitutionality of the dispute settlement system under the North American Free Trade Agreement , arguing that the system violates due process. The Coalition for Fair Lumber...
Nuclear terrorism convention gets first signature at UN summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin was the first world leader to sign the UN Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism , which opened for signatures Wednesday at the UN's 2005 World Summit ....
US considers new 'networked munitions', rejects treaty banning landmines
US Pentagon officials are in the final stages of determining whether to implement a new weapons program that would mandate the production of a new era of landmines, dubbed "networked munitions", in the face of international opposition to such...
The UN has announced Thursday that 63 nations have agreed to sign a new treaty against nuclear terrorism. The International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism requires governments to punish those who...
The Arbitration Appeals Court of Moscow rejected an appeal Thursday made by Russian oil company Yukos asking the court to freeze 76.79% of the shares of its former production unit Yuganskneftegaz . The...
