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Show DAILY Sunday, September 19, '2004 Iran Continued from ed of Iran in the next few months." The last board resolution in June had been less insistent on the issue of suspending enrichment, a process that can develop material for nuclear weapons, or fuel for an energy program, as Iran says it intends. Washington had pushed to drop mention of countries' rights to peaceful nuclear technology and fought far an Oct 31 deadline, with the understanding that if Iran failed to comply the board would then automatically begin deliberations on Security Council referral, Trie accented phrasing instead left it up to the board to debate what action if any to take when it reconvenes Nov. 25 should Iran be found to have ignored the demand to freeze enrichment or other conditions.' Iran's chief delegate to the meeting, which began Monday, asserted that Washington was frustrated in its main goals "putting (a) deadline of Oct 31, (and) second an automatic trigger mechanism." "Both were neglected, and we have nothing like this in the resolution," Hossain Mousavian told reporters. AA1 access to sites, information and personnel that can shed light on still unanswered questions on whether Tehran was interested in the atom for nuclear weapons. It called on the IAEA, head Mohamed EBaradei to provide a review of the findings of a n one year probe of mpre-thaIran's nuclear activities, which Tehran insists are strictly tailored toward generating elec-.tricit- y. Suggesting that the Islamic Republic could answer to the U.N. Security Council should it defy the demands, the resolution said the next board meeting in November "will decide whether or not further steps are appropriate" in ensuring i Iran complies. The Americans praised the it showed the world was united against Iran's nuclear program. "This resolution sends an unmistakable signal to Iran that continuing its nuclear weapons program will bring it inevitably before the (UN.) Security Council," Sanders told reporters. ElBaradei described the text as reflecting "the collective will of the international community." He added, "The resolution is very clear as to what is expect- - text, saying Ireland AA5 H E R A L D , Continued from AAl British Protestant majority.' Blair and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern who oversaw Northern Ireland's Good i. Friday accord of 1998 and have spent two years striving to revive its central goal of stood side by power-sharinside inside the castle as the delegations filtered out separate- hy. They looked physically beat, but tried to sound upbeat. Blair said negotiators had "not yet achieved a comprehensive agreement" but insisted talks next that lower-levweek would keep pressing. "There is huge potential in what has happened here," he said. "We believe we can resolve issues to do with ending paramilitary activiry and putting weapons beyond use. We believe what is now on offer is reasonable in substance and historic in its meaning," Blair said. Despite this confidence, Blair said he hadn't actually seen a formal statement from the IRA during his negotiations with Sinn Fein. He said Sinn Fein-IRchiefs "know exactly what is required if they want to move this process forward. We wiU have to wait to see . g ! el A what response we get." The U.S. envoy for Northern' Ireland, State Department official MitcheU Reiss, said he was also optimistic that a deal could be worked out in coming weeks. " "There is a genuine prospect that pontics in Northern Ireland wiU be pursued exclusively through peaceful and democratic means. The parties need to stay focused on this objective and not aUow this opportunity to pass," Reiss said Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams, a reputed IRA commander since the early 1970s, was the only party leader afterward who did-want to talk about the IRA. "I know you're aU very eager to hear about the IRA, folks ... but the IRA is not the problem," he said, insisting that Paisley's "refusal to negotiate" was. "The IRA weren't at the Leeds Castle talks, so the IRA directly weren't offering anything," said a coy Martin McGuinness, another senior Sinn Fein figure who is also a veteran IRA chief. Leaders of the moderate Catholic party, the Social Democratic and Labour Party, accused Sinn Fein of remaining . too sUppery and ambiguous about IRA intentions. But they nt "There is a genuine prospect that politics in Northern Ireland will be remains active on some fronts, particularly iUegal racketeering and breaking the limbs of criminal opponents. The IRA was supposed to 0 have disarmed fully by in line with the Good Friday deal, but never even began before that target date expired. The IRA finally started to scrap weapons amid great secrecy jn October 2001. But by then, Protestant voters' support had already shifted from Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who agreed, despite deep Protestant hostility, to share power with Sinn Fein to the uncompromising Paisley. A legislative election last November confirmed the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Fein as the two most popular parties, the most extreme possible combination for power-sharinTrimble said he was hoping for "significant progress" from the IRA and also expressed optimism that the Democratic Unionists would resolve their arguments with other parties about power-sharinHe noted, with a smile, that Paisley's DUP "have spent years huffing and puffing from the outside looking in ... but they're part of the mainstream now." mid-200- pursued exclusively through peaceful and democratic means." Mitchell Reiss U.S. envoy for Northern Ireland also pinned most blame for Saturday's talks failure on the Democratic Unionists, who were accused of seeking to rewrite that the rules of power-sharingoverned the previous administration formed in 1999. "We came in here with high hopes, but the DUP would not budge. As the biggest party they expected everybody else to pony up to their position But what they reaUy wanted was a return to majority (Protestant) rule," said SDLP negotiator AUsdair McDonnell. The last moderate-le- d administration suffered repeated crises and breakdowns, mostly to do with the IRA's refusal to disarm, before collapsing in 2002 over an IRA spying scandal. The IRA has largely adbut hered to a 1997 cease-fir- e g Sudan Continued from AA1 The United States, which introduced the resolution, revised it three times, softening language to try to get broader support and avert a threatened Chinese veto. Beijing failed to persuade the United States to make further changes but decided to meetabstain after a ing between U.S. Ambassador John Danf orth and China's UN. Ambassador Wang Guangya. The conflict began when two Darfur rebel groups with roots in the region's ethnic African tribes rose up in February 2003, accusing the government in Khartoum of neglect and discrirninatioa The government is accused of trying to suppress the rebellion by backing ethnic Arab herdsmen known as Janjaweed, who long have competed with African villagers over Darfur's scarce resources. A resolution adopted by the Security Council on Jury 30 gave the Sudanese government 30 days to halt attacks by militias and start disarming them and bringing them to justice. The council in the latest resolution "declares its grave concern that the government of Sudan has not fully met its obligations" in the previous resolution and subsequent agreements with Annan and the United Nations. It "deplores the recent ceasefire violations by all parties," singling out helicopter assaults using government aircraft and attacks by Janjaweed militia on three villages on Aug. 26, as well as demands that all armed groups, including the rebels, "cease all violence." African Union The has about 80 military observers in Darfur a region about the size of France protected by just over 300 soldiers, monitoring a rarely observed cease-fir- e signed in April by the government and two rebel groups. Sudan has agreed to increased monitoring and the top UN. envoy in Sudan, Jan Pronk, said earlier this month that more than 3,000 troops are needed. Danforth said the African WITH OPIECTV FFER, AOY FOR A WORKOUT, last-minu- , d IT'S DIRECTV'S BEST OFFER OF THE YEAR. 1 ouoo SIGN UP NOW FOR: J NFL SUNDAY and GET TICKET Union's role is "crucially important" in helping to end the Darfur crisis and he urged the government to act vA.'x wJtf imme- diately to stop the looting, rape and killing or face sanctions. Algeria, China, Russia and Pakistan all supported the expanded African Union mission but said the resolution did not sufficiently take into account the efforts that Sudan has made to allow in humanitarian relief and cooperate with the United Nations. "This resolution in the view of China is not a good resolution because ... (it) might harden the position of different parties and therefore make the peace process more difficult," said Wang. "We dont like the idea of sanctions and we dont like the idea of a number of other areas. But we dont want to throw the baby away with the bathwater." 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