Rice sics UN Security Council on Iran.While enroute to Europe on April 24 for diplomatic visits to Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged the UN Security Council to get tough on Iran for disregarding dis·re·gard tr.v. dis·re·gard·ed, dis·re·gard·ing, dis·re·gards 1. To pay no attention or heed to; ignore. 2. To treat without proper respect or attentiveness. n. UN directives compelling answers to questions about the nation's nuclear material enrichment enrichment Food industry The addition of vitamins or minerals to a food–eg, wheat, which may have been lost during processing. See White flour; Cf Whole grains. programs. "When the international community reconvenes after the 30 days, there has to be some message, clear message, that this kind of behavior is not acceptable, or you will start to call into question the credibility of what the Security Council says when it says it," Rice told AP. While the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. has called for a Security Council resolution to make all International Atomic Energy Agency International Atomic Energy Agency: see Atomic Energy Agency, International. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International organization officially founded in 1957 to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy. resolutions mandatory under threat of sanctions Sanctions is the plural of sanction. Depending on context, a sanction can be either a punishment or a permission. The word is a contronym. Sanctions involving countries: "We'll continue to discuss this with the Russians and with others," said Rice, "but I expect that we're going to have to have some kind of action by the Security Council that demonstrates that this is a serious matter." |
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