Daily News Article - September 4, 2006
1. a) What did the U.N. Security Council require Iran to do by August 31st?
b) How did Iran respond by this deadline? (para. 2 & 15)
2. a) What is the purpose of the IAEA?
b) What did Mohammed El-Baradei, director of the IAEA, conclude about Iran in his August 31st report?
3. What did America's Ambassador to the U.N., John Bolton, conclude about Iran's nuclear program?
4. The U.N.
Security Council offered incentives to Iran to end their nuclear
program. The Council warned that it would impose sanctions on Iran if
they did not comply by Aug. 31st. Iran did not comply. What did the
Council do?
5. The ethnic cleansing and genocide in Sudan has been going on since 2003.
a) What has the Security Council now decided to do to end the genocide against the Sudanese people by their own government?
b) What is the problem with this solution?
6. What do you think about the U.N. Security Council's effectiveness in solving world problems? Explain your answer.