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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">March 29, 2006 <i>(7:15 p.m. EST)</i><br>
No. 31</span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 14pt">STATEMENT BY MINISTER MACKAY ON THE UNITED NATIONS
SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT ON IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM</span></span></p>
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<p>Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay today issued the following statement regarding
the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Presidential Statement on Iran’s nuclear
program:</p>
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<p>“Canada fully supports the Presidential Statement issued today by the UNSC, which
expresses the international community’s ongoing and serious concerns about Iran’s
nuclear activities, and which calls on Iran to immediately re-establish the full, sustained
and verifiable suspension of all nuclear enrichment and reprocessing activities and to
fully cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). </p>
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<p>“It is important for Iran to take these steps in order to restore international confidence in
the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities and fulfill its nuclear non-proliferation
obligations. Canada urges Iran to heed the calls of the UNSC and the IAEA without
delay and to pursue diplomatic negotiations towards a durable solution.</p>
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<p>“We believe the UNSC has an important role to play in view of the broader implications
of the Iran nuclear issue. Canada welcomes the UNSC’s involvement in this serious
issue, as well as its efforts to reinforce the authority of the IAEA and the prospect of a
long-term diplomatic solution, which Canada fully supports.” </p>
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