1.  What is the purpose of the U.N. Security Council?

2. a) List the countries that make up the 5 permanent members of the Security Council. 
b) How many additional member countries are there, and how are they chosen?  (For the Secuity Council webpage, click here.)

3.  For what reason is Nicholas Burns meeting with the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council tomorrow?

4.  What type of solution does the Bush administration support if Iran continues to defy the U.N.?

5. a) What type of solution do Senators Brownback (R-KS) and Santorum (R-PA) favor? 
b) Why do you think the Bush administration has opposed Sen. Santorum's bill, the "Iran Freedom and Support Act?"

6.  Describe the sanctions currently under consideration.

7.  Do you think diplomacy/sanctions will work with Iran?  Explain your answer.