Transcripts For CSPAN3 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20240622

Taxpayer dollars are being well spent in this regard . Well, ive asked the deputy secretary to lead this effort and she is traveling around the country visiting with a number of organizations and groups who are interested in getting into farming or folks who are encouraging people to get into farming. One of the issues that has cropped up is this issue of land tenure. Candidly, you mentioned the fact that there are going to be a lot of people retiring and leaving the farming business. That is probably true. The the question is what happens to the land . Whoever owns that land what is their ultimate goal here or their relatives ultimate goal . Is it to maximize return or is it to create opportunity for the next generation or is it a combination of both . Frankly, ive asked the this task force to come with recommendations on this issue of land tenure. What can we do should we do . As usda with reference to our programs to ensure that there is that proper balance so that its not a focus simply on bottom line but its a focus on next generation. Number one. Number two, you all asked us to create a liaison position with the military which we have done. Karas is actively pursuing efforts to try to get into military bases with information about farming opportunities. And basically providing opportunities for us to actually go on base to talk to folks that may be retiring or thinking about retiring about the opportunities that exist in farming. I think its also helpful the recent alliance to create a more positive image about farming and a more supportive image to push back a little bit on some of the folks who are constantly critical of farmers. And i have seen recently some very very positive good ads. I saw one yesterday from corn growers that was fabulous about the opportunities in farming. And i think the more we are we focus on the positive aspects of farming the more we focus on all kind of diversity within farming and diversity size of operations, methods of production, crops being produced and people, the better its going to be in terms of our ability to attract more young people younger people or more folks into this business. Were seeing an uptick in beginning farmers. We still have more to do. And i appreciate you bringing up the military. I would encourage you our Veterans Administration in vermont on the border with New Hampshire has the programs for veterans in farming because of the connections to working with their hands, working outdoors, there is Good Mental Health aspects conducive to a better transition back into civilian life. I also wanted to commend your deputy for come to New Hampshire to have an event with women farmers. And i really appreciate that. I think that is something that we need to look into and i look forward to working with you on all of these programs to bring in different constituencies to farming. You know if i can, mr. Chairman, the issue of veterans is one that i care deeply about. Its obviously personal to me because of a nephew that served in afghanistan who is now potentially hopefully thinking about a career after a he graduates from college in Forest Service. These folks are good problem solvers. One of the challenges that weve seen at usda and ive asked secretary mcdonald about this is were trying to get more veterans to work at the usda and were trying to get more veterans to work in federal government generally. Weve had some success. But the attrition rate, folks coming and leaving is disproportionately high. Why is that. What do we need to do to make sure these folks are acclimated to get back into a system inspect the Forest Service is nice because it has a military mindset, but the other missionaryists, i think we need to continue to do a little more work so we make it a welcoming place for veteranes and that should increase the number of people getting into farming from veterans. Mr. Secretary you mentioned a vaccine thats 100 effective for ai. I wonder if that might be in reference to a company out of iowa. Its not. Its a different company. The seed strain congressman, has been done by our researchers in concert with another company. But there is nothing to prevent vaccine from participating in this once we get it figured out. And im hopeful there will be an open competition to that and we can bring all the technology to the table and i appreciate your words on that. The key here, i think, is for whatever entity gets to it first being willing to provide the Licensing Arrangements and we would absolutely facilitate that because no one company this is my belief. I dont know if this is right or not. But no one company is going to be able to produce as much as we need as quickly as we need it. Hopefully well be able to get a lot of folks working to collaboratively together. We stockpile it enough so if this thing does hit and hits us hard were in a position to respond quickly. Theres much to be said about vaccines, and i appreciate your comments on this. I happen to have gone to watch a demonstration project in iowa right before the fourth of july that is taking out by that demonstration more than 99 of the soluble phosphorous that was expended at the discharge of the plant. And i just wanted to bring that to your attention that theres new technology thats emerging here that looks like it could effectively solve the phosphorous problem that we have. I mentioned that and i didnt know if that was something that you were aware of. I wasnt aware of that. What i was referring to was the use of foss ferus at the base of a tree thats been hit by this and somehow thats an impact on minimizing the consequences. I will get that information to you and ask you to pass that along to your people that will be focused on it. Sure. And then thats then another piece of this, theres so much to be said about bird flu. And i wanted to make sure that the committee is aware and the public is aware of how big this is. Ill say i know of no livestock disease problem ever in the history of this country thats met the magnitude of this maybe on influenza that we have. And im open to my rebuttal to that. However, into that, were looking at nationwide 48 million birds that have been affected by this. 8 75 of players in iowa. So this is devastating to a very localized region in the country. And it began in the turkey region in minnesota as far as the midwestern component of this is concerned. I know the usda deployed people up there quickly. By the time it hit in iowa my numbers are about 47 turkey locations were positive before it spilled over into two turkey locations in iowa. From there it hit the large laying operation near harris, iowa, and accounting. Thats when i think it became such a large epidemic that it was for a time out of control. So i wanted to speak with you about the things that need to be prepared for another event that may happen. And the focus on the east coast im glad to see that here. I think its very appropriate that they do that. But the resources that youve had, i think you testified here that they were at least adequate to this moment. And im happy to be supportive if you need more resources. I would want to bring to your attention some of the things like the Emergency Response component of this. The level of urgency that i thought i should have seen more in line with a flood or hurricane, i thought that level of urgency should have been higher. The chain of command so we know what that order of command is and who we can community with. Maybe look tts core of engineers approach on how they bring a lot of resources into play under a military style command so there can be a quicker response. You mentioned the disposal. That was the biggest problem. It was the biggest problem from the beginning. Im very troubled by what we had to do and some of that is composting birds outside. An attempt to cover them with sawdust or cover silver, but still exposed to birds that can carry that disease elsewhere. There are a number of epidemiological studies that is at this point not completely complete. It is going to be, i think, the key to how we bring biosecurity to bear which might well be the key to how we set up something maybe under rma for an income interruption type of insurance for our producers. Not only the layers. So there are a lot of components of this that i would like to weigh in on. I should write a series of open he hads on this and have a talk or is there a better method so that we can convey if the next disaster pray it doesnt that i can be in a position to see can be implemented for solutions. He think the first stop is any ideas you have come to the meeting in iowa and share them which is designed to get people to discuss this openly and fully, number one. Number two i agree with you in terms of the instant command process. Thats why we are setting up a much different system. I agree with you disposal is an issue. Its not dictated just by the federal folks. That is why identify instructed our team to begin to think about where this could potentially happen in states that have not yet been hit. Where in landfills can we begin having discussions now to acquire them with what this is all about, why its not a risk for them to participate in disposal disposal issues absolutely. No question thats an issue and thats why were looking at ways in which we can do a better job of that. The study is going to be supplemented, i think, by next week. We may learn additional steps in terms of biosecurity and i think longterm the issue of a Disaster Program makes a lot of sense. So theres an awful lot of work thats been done, going to be done. If you have input, id be more than happy to receive it next week. Thank you. Mr. Labafa for five minutes. Thank you mr. Chairman. And thank you, secretary bill for being so available to this committee and to faithfully coming as often as you do. Its appreciated. I just wanted to follow up on previous talks in the past about californias drought situation and emergency or relief funding that was made available which was announced february of 2014. And intended for Emergency Assistance in the drought period. So actually it was in response to 2013 drought and so we still have additional years of on top of that. We just need some more help with the state fsa offices on getting that out there because weve had only a handful that have actually been issued of drought relief funds that have been processed. We have and i have the email from one of the state here that shows that theres still outstanding 180 applications of an initial 5. 4 million that was approved in an account and theres at least 3. 9 million still remaining in that same reserve that needs to be disbursed in response to the 2013. So were here in 2015 and for those that really need that, they must be having a lot of answers here having to provide their bankers, etcetera. Can you help us with whatever its going to take to expedite in 2015 asap to get those dashls of those 180 appear applicants, get those out and the remaineder of those funds, get those disbursed please . Conch man, as a result of your efforts, were prioritizing the county because of your concerns. Its not just our office. We work and have to work through the state of companys rules and regulations. Theres a Cultural Resource review, a tribal preservation officer that are involved in reviewing these projects. It depends on even for something as simple as the disbursement of funds . Yes, yes. It is california. The producer has to basically submit their receipts and then he is essentially reimbursed for 75 of the work. So were we will do what we can. We understand how important this is. Thats why we allocated Additional Resources in 2014. Why we just recently announced Additional Resources in 2015. Thank you. We understand the problem. All right. Can we work with you on finding ways to where youve run into roadblocks to be able to move those hurdles . Sure opinion this should not have any cultural effect. Im not pointing at you sir. Just the other end of the process. If we can hem us find that, it doesnt have that negative effect and need all that review. Is that reasonable . Yes, it is. And just to follow up on one of my previous questions, talked about the waters v. United states ruling on the epa. To the other side of that, if the usda were to identify a wetland that the corps or whoever have not identified what would that mean for farmers and ranchers . Would that make those wetlands identified as uca a clean water act wetland, too, do you think . Congressman, i apologize. I just dont have the information and knowledge to be able to answer your question accurately or adequately. But i have obviously been asked this question by you and variations of it by other members of the committee. Im certainly happen to go back and ask our team to brief me on there and get me up to speed on precisely how best to answer. I appreciate it. The United States waters are a moving target, too. Maybe if we can anticipate a this some of these things woernt happen. Ing, sir. I agree with you that its a moving target and it may very well take a political process and a judge at some point in time to figure it out. But i apologize that im not able to answer your question. So thank you, sir. The question that i have, and its because my district right now sometimes you hear around this nation where people are lack of water, lack of water, lack of water, well, we would like to send some to them. And im just kind of wondering because i know our kwfr from the state of illinois is applying for a disaster declaration. How are you prepared and how does that process work for or forms that are just devastated from the flooding that were experiencing right through the corn belt . Well if the governor is asking for sectarian designation, it comes through our process and we try to respond to it as quickly as we can. We know that that then gives us the capacity to make emergency loans more readily available, those kinds of things. The other question i have, i know youre talking about implementing new Information Technology and that type of programs out there. Would any of that reduce and or shut down any of our Service Centers by the does it centralize it or do we still have our centers in the field or is there any well it should reduce the amount of busy work and paperwork and is already actually doing that in terms of reducing the amount of staff time. In the past what would happen is if you came into an fsa office and you needed information literally paper records would have to be pulled. That obviously takes time. Now, thats no longer the situation. You can call it up on the screen pretty quickly. Clearly, thats going to reduce the amount of time thats been spent in the past on those issues. Now, what weve attempted to do is to try to plan for that by create ing creating we can create an opportunity where fsa becomes more by minimizing what they do in terms of their relationship with farmers. We would like to see them be a provider of information about other usda programs that might assist the farmer that may not be an nrcs program or may not be a farm loan program, but they could be a marketing programs. Whether there can learn enough about our Rural Development programs to say, hey, have you ever thought about this value added opportunity . Have you ever thought about this cooperative opportunity . As way of create additional responsibilities, Additional Information that will allow them to maintain their legitimacy and their relevance. There are issues relative to this structure that we have today. In my view there are 31 offices today in fsa that have no full Time Employee in them. But i cannot close those offices because congress has directed me not to close any office. So when you basically say to me close 31 office webs i say fine, but you have to ask the question is that really operating it like a bit . Thank you. I yield back. I wanted to touch base basically on the issue of the ad26s and new conservation compliance requirements that we have in the farm bill. And the chief and we had a conversation on that. So i wanted to follow up on that. I know the agencies has talk bd the need to have that form. But i do have concerns that the fall is going to come and the bill is going to come due and there are maybe some farmers or ranchers kind of surprises because they missed it. Whether it was livestock or perhaps specialty crops some folks that this may be somewhat new to and any of those did or did not complete the ad1026 form in time of that number some of them are no longer farming. Some of them are no longer around. So that number is going to be significantly reduced by the time its all said and done. Congressman, we really made an effort. Every press release that went out about this, six months in advance made reference about that one day. We worked with the companies to make phone calls, to send emails. There was an aggressive comprehensive effort and i think thats why you saw as many people sign up. At the end of the day there may well be a handful of folks that just didnt get it done. But i think on balance, we did the best we could with a firm date that was set in law. Is there any do you have any flexibility at this point . And im glad to hear that that was the number i had heard, too, 10,000. As you said, some of those may not be farming today. They may be choosing not to just go down that route in terms of cross insurance. But i mean im just curious, any tolls that you may have as we get closer to that and we see that people start to discover that theyre just not going to be in compliance therefore their premiums may not take it out of range in terms of whats affordable in terms of managing the risk . I dont know if we provide you with any flexible in the final hour. We are sending out letters now to the handful of folks that may, as you say, be surprised when they find out. Ive been told we dont have any flexibility. Im happy to go back and ask that question one more time. But i dont think we have much of thats why i was so insistent on a massive effort to make sure that everybody knew the june 1 date was come up. I cant tell you how many interviews i gave about that, how many times i mentioned it. I think the department has done a great job of pushing that information out. So i look forward to keeping in contact with you as we get closer to that date just to see how we did in the end. Fair enough. Thank you. Mr. Chairman i yield back. The gentlemans time the gentleman yields back. Mr. Abraham for five minutes. Thank you for being here. I representative northeast louisiana. The problem we had coming up it goes back to how generic based acres are former cotton acreage are divided among farmers. For some reason, the fsa has decided to divide up generic base anchors differently than how the agency divides up the regular base acres. I know this is a problem throughout the south. The chairman in the great state of texas is running into the same obstacle. In the division of the regular base acres, it makes perfect sense. Simply follow the rental agreement on the farm. But for generic base acres, instead of simply dividing up generic base in the same way no one else with the rental agreement, if they ignore the rental agreement and instead divide the base up on the total planet a acres of covered commodities on the farm as recorded in the fsas 578 form. And ive looked at that and had it on my farm. So the issue is confusion, but the upside is the fsas new way of dividing a generic base on the producers on the farm results in a lot of inequities where farm bill payments are going to be paid to actually the wrong farmers. So this is especially problematic. Rental agreements and loans have been made on the way rec acres have been allocated. We need some help in the south. Congressman, i need some help myself. At one point in time i could answer that question because it was in my head. But its not in my head. Can i ask sure you can. And you can get back to me. Whatever i just you know, i need to i guess ensure our farmers that this is a fixable problem. Because right now, these base acres, then generic base acres, theyre just theyre not being very allocated productively from my rice farmers, especially. Congressman, i absolutely comet to you that our team will get in touch with your folks. And thats all i ask. I dont want to mislead you in terms of whether or not its a solvable problem. It may or may not be. Right now im having a hard time calling it up. As long as we can have a conversation, then im good. Always. One other question in this and ill yield back. On the Inspector Generals recommendation having a third party, nongovernment entity review of the midas program to determine whether its the most executivive i. T. Picks or not. Where is the status of that recommendation from the attorney general . I mean the Inspector General . As far as you guys are concerned, are you all taking that to heart . Are you utilize the it . What stage is it in . Certainly, at the time that this is reviewed and the time that these problems occurred, essentially thats what we did by bringing in somebody from the outside. I brought in jonathan would is now our cio. I brought him in from the outside and said, take a look at this. He came back and he basically said, here are the problems that you have. Youve got a disconnect between some of your career folks in kansas city and some of your folks in d. C. You have an old system that people are trying to cobble together. He began meeting with me on a weekly basis and i think were in a much better place today. In that sense we did bring somebody in from the outside. I dont know if it was an outside entity but its certainly somebody who knew what he was talking about and i think as long as theres progress. Thank you. I yield back mr. Chairman. The gentleman yields back. Any closing arguments he he has . Thank you mr. Chairman. I want to just thank the secretary, again for this forthright answers today and doing a good job as you normally does. Also thank him and dr. Clifford and others at the department for their response to the problems. We went through probably one of the toughest times that ive ever seen with this Avian Influenza situation. You know people were pretty down in the mouth at one point. But i met with a number of people on saturday and their attitude has changed. Part of that, i think is because of your efforts and dr. Cliffords and others in terms of listening and responding. And that has helped restore confidence in the industry, as well. And in your response today, to the questions i think you hit on the things that my producers were concerned about and what that means is that youve been listening and, you know we dont have any all the answers, any of us. But we are going to try to boil down a hundred different ideas out there about how to boil ta down to a few bring it to this meeting were having next week. I think it was next week. Yes. And again just thank you for what youve done and what youre doing and we look forward to working with you and appreciate your thank you, congressman. The meeting is on tuesday, next week, in des moines. Okay. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Yield back. The gentleman yield back. Mr. Secretary, i had one real quick followup on the suspension. Can you bring the civil suit . Can the i guess does it have to be justice do that . Its justice everything that we do in terms of a legal action gets okay. I appreciate your comments earlier about wanting to expand perhaps a that issue about what is subject to devarmt because my legal staff showed me there is under that regulation 180 whatever that there are some steps beyond just civil and criminal things that can lead to allowing you to present somebody for devarmint and suspension. There are. However, as it relates to the situation were talking about here, those dont necessarily there is a process where you could amplify on that list. That would create more flexibility. And i think the idea mr. Chairman, is frankly create some kind of due process mechanism by which there is a determination that there was wrongdoing so that you dont get in a situation where i make a judgment about somebody and they come in and they go, well that was a poor judgment or you did it because you didnt like the guy. Right. Mr. Secretary i think you and i are in agreement with each other on what needs to be done with respect to that, so i appreciate that. Oversight is not all that pleasant from time to time. Many of these investigations take a long time to get done. Some of the things were talking about are several years old. That doesnt lessen the impact it has on the american Peoples Trust and confidence in all of us that congress is doing its job, that youre doing the job you need to do to protect those scarce resources that all of us have. But i hope we can have your commitment to continue to work with us on all of these oversight issues. Your team has been working really well. I was hoping we wouldnt make you so mad this morning that you decided to bail out on us on that deal. We have some legitimate many things that we want to understand and know. You have certain equities and we have equities and having your team work with us, i appreciate that and we dont into a mud fight thats unnecessary. I really appreciate what you guys have done to date. One other thing, there was another thing talked about in these grants are made to ngos or other organizations making sure that youve got the internlts controls in place that they then spend the money the way theyre supposed to and that they dont, you know overpay themselves, all those kind of good stuff. There a variety of ways that not super material to the 177 billion that you guys oversee every year in expenditures. Thats out of your testimony thats a sizable number and the number transactions are daunting and were only talking about a few of those. But those few, as i mentioned earlier, are tainted water. So i appreciate you being here this morning. Under the rules of the committee and were getting you out of here right on time. Under the rules of the committee, the record of todays hearing will remain open for ten calendar days supplement additional responses to my questions posed by a memory. This hearing is adjourned. Thank you, tom. There weekend on the cspan network, politics, books and American History. Friday afternoon beginning at 12 45 eastern, cspans live coverage of the National Governors Association Summer meeting with its opening session discussing how governors can best deliver effective results for their constituents. Thats followed by a session on state strategies on tourism and economic development. Guests includes robert nutting, chairman of the board of the Pittsburgh Pirates and president and ceo of the Rocky Mountain elk foundation. David allen. Saturday morning on cspan starting at 9 45 the governors address the nations innoid crisis, with guests including former u. S. Representative from california mary bono and later the governors will discuss how to stimulate their states economy and its impact on the employment rate with thomas perez. 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Ahead of that hearing, the United Nations Security Council on monday unanimously voted to endorse the iran nuclear agreement. After the vote, security members and the Iranian Ambassador to the u. N. Delivered remarks at u. N. Headquarters in new york. This is 90 minutes. The 7,488th meeting of the Security Council is called to order. The provisional agenda for this meeting is nonproliferation. The agenda is adopted. In accordance with rule 37 of the councils provisional rules of procedure, i invite the representatives of germany and the Islamic Republic of iran to participate in this meeting. It is so decided. In accordance with rule 39 of the councils provisional rules of procedure, i invite his excellency mr. Thomas mayrharting to the United Nations to participate in this meeting. It is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. Members of the council have before them document f 2015 547 a draft resolution appears aappeared in the course of the councils prior consultation. The council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I would like to thank all Council Members for cosponsoring the draft resolution which is now a president ial text. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. All those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document f 2015 547 please raise their hand. The result of the voting is as follows the draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2231, 2015. I now give the floor to those members of the council who wish to make statements after the vote. I give the floor to the representative of the United States. Thank you, mr. President. Today we have adopted a u. N. Security Council Resolution enshrining the joint comprehensive plan of action, jcpoa, agreed to six days ago in vienna. By now, many are familiar with the basic tenants of the deal which if implemented would cut off all pathways to material for Nuclear Weapons for the Islamic Republic of iran while putting into place a rigorous inspection and transparency regime to verify irans compliance. The jcpoa will cut the number of irans ventry fujis by twothirds and prevent iran from weapons grade plutonium. Going from a quantity that could produce approximately 10 Nuclear Weapons to a fraction of what is needed for a single Nuclear Weapon. The deal will quadruple irans break out times. The time needed to produce enough weapons grade uranium for one Nuclear Weapon from the current estimate of two to three mimts months to one year. It will require iran and all states to comply with legally binding restrictions on nuclear conventional arms and Ballistic Missile related activities. 90 days from today when our respective capitals and legislatures have had a chance to carefully review the deals provisions the commitments in the jcpoa should take effect. Sanctions relief will begin only when iran verifiably completes the initial steps necessary to bring its Nuclear Program in line with the deal. It is important today to step back from the jcpoa to its larger lesson. Lessons about enforcing global norms, the essential role of diplomacy, the need for ongoing vigilance and the absolute necessity of the unity of this council. Lessons that have implications both for ensuring implementation of the deal and for tackling other crises that confront us today. This career we mark 70 years since the founding of the United Nations. Which the second secretary general famously said, quote, was not created to bring us to heaven, but to save us from hell, end quote. In the wake of the devastating loss of life in the Second World War and the immeasurable suffering it caused, representatives from nations around the world came together with an aim. To save succeeding generations from the scorage of war. First lesson we can learn from how this deal is secured is that it is not enough to agree to global norm such as that against the proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. This council and all the countries of the unite nations must actually take steps to enforce global norms. In 2006 in response to irans efforts to develop a Nuclear Weapons program, the United Nations Security Council put in place one of the toughest sanctions regimes in its history which was complemented by robust sanctions imposed in the United States, several other countries and the European Union. Faced with irans ongoing noncompliance, the u. N. Tightened its sanctions in 2007 2008 and 2010. These sanctions regime played a Critical Role in helping lay the groundwork for the talks that would give rise to the jcpoa. The second lesson is one most eloquently articulated more than 50 years by president kennedy and echoed last week by president obama, quote, let us never negotiate out of fair, but let us never fear to negotiate, enquote. Given the devastating human toll of war, we have a responsibility to test diplomacy. In 2010 when then u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations susan rice spoke in this chamber after the council strengthened sanctions on iran, she cited ways in which iran violated its commitments to the iaea and under the Security Council resolution. Yet she also said within quote, the United States reaffirms our commitment to engage in robust principals and creative diplomacy. We will remain ready to continue diplomacy with iran and its leaders, end quote. And when a credible opening emerged for negotiations, that is exactly what the United States and the other members of the c5 plus one, the United States, germany, russia and china and the eu did. There were many occasions over these last two years of grueling negotiations when any party could have walked away. The sdasht distances just seemed too great. The history question us searing. And the resulting mistrust defining. But the United States and other partners knew that we had a responsibility to try to overcome these obstacles and resolve the crisis peacefully. One ohm has to spend a week in the Security Council, any week, and hear account of the bloodshed and heartbreak in yemen, syria, darfur, libya or any other conflict ridden part of the world to be reminded of the consequences of war. Sometimes as both a u. N. Charter and history make clear the u. S. Of force is required. But we all have a responsibility to work aggressively in diplomatic chank channels to try to secure our objectives peacefully. This nuclear deal doesnt change our profound concern about Human Rights Violations committed by the iran i cant know government or about the instability iran fuels beyond its Nuclear Program from its support for terrorist proxies to its repeated threats against israel to its other destabilizing activities in the region. That is why the United States will continue to invest in the security of our allies in the region and why we will maintain our own sanctions related to irans support for terrorism Ballistic Missiles program and its Human Rights Violations. And this deal will in no way diminish the ids outrage over the unjust detention of u. S. Citizens by the government of iran. Let me use this conversation to call once again on iran to immediately release all unjustly detained americans. Siieb habadini and jason resien a Washington Post correspondent who just a year ago was covering the nuclear negotiations. I also call on iran to help locate robert levinson, who has been missing from iran since 2007. No family should be forced to endure the anguish that those families feel. And we will not rest until they are home where they belong. But denying iran a Nuclear Weapon is important not if spite of these other destabilizing actions, but rather because of them. As president obama pointed out, quote, that is precisely why we are taking the steps because an iran armed with a Nuclear Weapon would be far more destabilizing and far more dangerous to our plans and to the world enquote. So while this deal does not address many of our profound concerns, if implemented, it would make the wofld safer and more secure. Yet while reaching this deal matters, our work is far from finished. In the months and even years ahead, the International Community must apply the same rigger to ensuring compliance to the jcpoa as we did to drafting and negotiating it. This is my third point. Implementation is everything. And that is precisely why so many verification measures have been built into this deal. The jcpoa will grant the iaea access when it needs it where it needs it, including 24 containment and surveillance of iran declared nuclear facilities. Inspectors will have access to the entire supply chain that supports irans peaceful Nuclear Program from mining and politicaling to conversion, to enrichelment enrichelment, to fuel manufacturing, nuclear reactors. If the determines of the deal are not followed, all sanctions that have been suspended can be snapped back into place. If the United States or any other jcpo aparticipant believes iran is violating its commitment, we can trigger a process in the Security Council that will reinstate the u. N. Sanctions. The fourth and final lesson we can learn from the process that led us here today is when our nation truly unites to confront global crises our impact rose exponentially. The founder of the United Nations understood this intrinsically and enshrined it which called on each of us to unite our strength to maintain International Peace and security. In the 21st century, it is now an axiom that our nations can do more to advance human justice and dignity by working together than any single country can achieve on its own and indeed that only when we act as United Nations can we address the worlds most intractable problem. Although we dont see this unity enough here at the u. N. The kins of the United Nations did largely unite behind the cause of preventing Nuclear Proliferation in iran. And it was a persistent Multi Lateral pressure that came out of its unity combined with the critical openness to seeking a diplomatic conclusion that gave the negotiators the leverage that needed to get the deal that would advance our collective security. Let me conclude, ultimately, the only proper measure of this deal and all the tireless efforts that went into it will be its implementation. This deal gives iran the opportunity to prove to the world that it intends to pursue a Nuclear Program solely for peaceful purposes. If iran abides by the agreements in this deal as it did throughout the jcpoa negotiations and if it demonstrates a willingness to upon which our collective security rests, then it will find the International Community and the United States willing to provide a path out of isolation and toward greater engagement. We hope irans government will choose that path. Not only because it will make the United States its allies and the world more secure so it will, but also because it will more fully empower the iranian people whose potential all of us could wish to see unlock. But just think for one moment how much more effective this council would be if we were to bring the same approach to tackling other threats to International Peace and security today. Rigorous enforcement, a willingness to be relentless in our pursuit of tough principal diplomacy, even with the odds seem stacked against us. A commitment not just to resolutions, but to their full implementation and a willingness to overcome the division to strengthen our collective securities. If we did all this, just think what we may be able to achieve to mitigate the horrific suffering in syria today and just think what progress the United Nations were to make to advance the human will of the worlds most Vulnerable People as we have. How many more girls worldwood would be in classrooms . How many more warlords worldwide would be behind bars . It is humbling to imagine how much more would be achieve. It should motivate us to do far more. Thank you. I think the representatives of the United States for his statement. I give the floor to the representative of china. Translator mr. President just now, the Security Council unanimous ly unanimously adopted the resolution on the Iranian Nuclear issue endorsing the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian Nuclear issue reached between the pc plus 1 Russian Federation, germany, the United Kingdom, usa and iran on 14 july. Efforts over the past ten years on the Iranian Nuclear issue despite uppes and downs have finally resulted in the political solution. The International Nuclear regime is safeguarded. Iran has made its nuclear commitment and at the same time has given a legitimate to the energy. Irans relationship with all sides has also turned a new page. The conclusion of the comprehensive agreement has given us a revelation of far reaching significance about contemporary international relations. First, setting up a new type of International System is an endeavor that has strong the Iranian Nuclear issue based on the immediate interest and even the core interests of all sides without a multi win a winwin spirit, the comprehensive agreement could happily be reached or even if it were reached, it would not last long. Secondly it is essential to stay the course when seeking political solutions. However difficult a process is, political solution is always the only viable pathway. The comprehensive agreement has also created a successful example for cooperating with other issues through political and diplomatic means. Thirdly, as long as one maintains confidence, demonstrates political will and makes a remitting effort during the process of seeking a political solution, it will be possible to achieve success. The option by the council of the resolution endorsing the comprehensive agreement is the first important step in the process of implement age of the agreement. It is a good beginning. The process of implementation of the agreement in the next ten years will be even more important. It is essential to adhere to the following principals. First, implement the resolution of the council and the comprehensive agreement in a comprehensive manner. All sides should effectively pull fill the commitments they have respectively made and seriously and effectively implement all the provisions of the agreement. Second, in accordance with the principal of Mutual Respect equality and mutual benefits, it is essential to appropriately resolve the differences that may advise during the process of implementation, demonstrate good will and stay the course for the implementation of the comprehensive agreement. Third, it is necessary to constantly take stock of the experience and good practices during the process of the implementation, maintain the effective need of the relevant mechanism and make positive efforts to maintain world peace, promote regional stability and improve relationship among all sides. China has, all along worked constructively for negotiations on the Iranian Nuclear issue and we will continue to make new contributions to the implementation of the comprehensive agreement in a responsible manner. Thank you, mr. President. I thank the representative of china for his statement. I give the floor to the representative of france. Mr. President , france welcomes the adoption of this resolution which represents a historic moment both for International Peace and security as well as for our council. After 12 years of Nuclear Crisis we finally managed to Reach Agreement with iran on the 14th of july in vienna following several months of intensive negotiations. This agreement lays out a road map for the forging of trust in the exclusively peaceful nature of the iranian Nuclear Program. It proves to be relevant and robust ps of our nonproliferation regime. This agreement will also contribute to Regional International stability. An iran with Nuclear Weapons would have further destabilized this region which is racked by so many crises. Converse conversely, thanks to this agreement, we can write together a new chapter in the history of this region. It is, above all, the authority of our council and our collective Security System which is strengthened thanks to this agreement. One of the most serious crises of the last two decades. If the commitment contains within the agreement are met be resolved peacefully through the parts of dialogue and negotiation ps. President , this agreement first and full most proves the success of a method. The crisis in 2003, france together with germany and the United Kingdom has favored and has always favored the past dialogue. Via what we call the double approach negotiations and sanctions. Our convention was that the result and the pressure from the International Community were essential. Gone unheeded. Our american, russian, chinese partners and the entirety of the Security Council rallied to this approach and were able to put together these negotiation framework which allowed us to achieve our purpose 12 years later. This agreement is the fruit of resolve. Throughout the negotiation process, france has not deviated from its position. Yes to Civil Nuclear capacity for iran, no to Nuclear Weapons. In this context, france has involved itself in the negotiating solutions. It is the spirit of constructive resolve that has allowed us to reach a binding agreement with a specific and credible agreement whose full implementation will satisfy the exit the expectation of the International Community and allay the concern of a rons neighbors. Irans neighbors. It is the responsibility of the Security Council to endorse the vienna agreement and guarantee its implementation. If the negotiations are now over, we are entering into a time of action and diligence of oversight. The implementation process includes clear and specific limitations on the iranian Nuclear Program derived from a robust system and has a snap that provision which allows for the automatic reinstatement of sanctions. It falls now to iran to implement the measures agreed to. That is its responsibility. The iaea will play a vital role. France with its partners will in good faith monitor compliance with this agreement. We will judge actions around willingness to make this agreement a success. The role and unity of the Security Council will also be crucial. The lifting of the sanctions previously imposed by the Security Council is conditional upon around irans provisions. Today, we are together turning the page to a new chapter. The main body of the chapter remains to be written and the next few weeks will be decisive in all of this. Thank you. I think the representative of france thank the representative of france for his statement. I give the floor to the representative of the Russian Federation. Thank you, mr. President. The resolution adopted in support of the joint comprehensive plan of action ushers in a fundamental shift in the consideration by the Security Council come to situation related to the arena iranian Nuclear Program with a view to resolving this issue. We turn not simply a page but a whole chapter in the work of the council by creating a new reality. We expect that all countries will quickly adapt to the new conditions and will contribute to successful implementation of the agreement. The Security Council and the International Community it represents has supported a clear choice to resolve the situation by pertaining to the irani and irani and iranian Nuclear Program through political and diplomatic means on the base of international law. A choice has been confirmed in favor of a Mutual Respectability and cooperation. We are happy the base for the decision has been a gradual approach and one based on something our country has consistently supported. Today come the Security Council has confirmed the unalienable right of a run to develop if you feel Nuclear Program while ensuring apprehensive control. The resolution guarantees a removal of the burden of sanctions on iran and the framework of the implementation through a clear and transparent mechanism, which will be made operational by concrete steps based on confidence in iran. Regarding its Nuclear Program and verification by the iea i aea. The jcpoa as confirmed in the resolution contains reliable filters that will guarantee disagreements that could arise will be subject to collective consideration and in the framework of the joint commission. The Security Council maintains the leading role in issues. During the negotiations, we knew that the plan of action would be subject to approval by Security Council. Hence we focused attention on , ensuring the prerogatives of this body of the charter to respect the role of members to implementing the agreement. We are grateful to aiea. For its readiness to ensure monitoring and verification of obligations. We hope the agreement will help other countries in the middle east and the persian gulf to refrain from destabilizing moves, including in the nuclear sphere. And ensure the region does not enter an arms race. Positive conditions are being created to create a zone in the middle east free of weapons of mass distraction and to find common approaches among the countries to Regional Security issues, including ensuring their collective efforts against the terrorist threat. Vladimir putin underscored russia will do everything it can to ensure the agreements become fully operational to strengthen international security, Regional Security, the global nonproliferation regime, and mobilizing a Broad Coalition in the region to counteract the terrorist threat. Mr. President we would like to , note that all the negotiating terms of all participating countries deserve the highest praise. We would like in particular like to commend the governments of austria and switzerland who insured optimal conditions for success. We would also like to praise our friends from kazakhstan. Which an agreement to surround the issues surrounding the Nuclear Program demonstrates where there is a political will , when it is based on realism and respectful legitimate neutral interest of the International Community, the most complex task can be resolved. All the participants of the negotiations have demonstrated our readiness to engage in collective efforts. A reserve of trust has been built, which will be very useful in the course of implementing the agreement. We hope that this is a valuable experience in joining efforts and the unburdened by ideological calculations based on geopolitical interests and will be used to resolve other crisis situations. Russia will be ready to do this. Thank you. I think the representative i thank the representative of the Russian Federation for his statement. I give the floor to the representative of the United Kingdom. Thank you, mr. President. The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption of human Security Council resolution 2231. The resolution endorses the joint comprehensive plan of action agreed in vienna last week. It creates the baseline from which to recalibrate our broader relationships with iran. It is an opportunity for us all to reengage economically and culturally with an important Regional Power as it takes on its proper responsibility for improving stability in the region. Todays adoption is an important milestone in the history of this council. It is the combination of negotiations that had taken place over more than a decade. The joint comprehensive plan of action is a landmark achievement and i join my colleagues in expressing my congratulations and gratitude to everyone that has been involved in this process. In this council, we often call for the peaceful resolution of disputes. In some cases, progress is slow and situations remain unresolved. While in the past we have phone called on iran to expect our respect our concerns, we can be proud that iran has committed to take actions to address those concerns. Im delighted that the council has endorsed this deal unanimously. It is a good deal, good for the United Kingdom and its International Community, good for the region, good for iran. This resolution will address our concerns through competence of commitments by a rent to iran. Commitments which will be monitored through extensive monitoring and transparency. As soon as iran takes steps on its Nuclear Program, it will receive comprehensive economic and financial sanctions relief enabling trade more freely with the rest of the world. Iran will be treated just like any other nonNuclear Weapon state. Mr. President , we now need to look ahead and make sure we all deliver on our commitments as we commence this agreement. That will not be easy. There will inevitably the the difficulties and unforeseen obstacles, but we must live up to our commitments come out in good faith, and try to resolve together any problems in implementing this deal. The role of the Security Council will be important. We will maintain oversight of implementation of this agreement , and we need to take significant steps to support its implementation. In some areas, this will involve working methods for the council. This may involve novel working methods for the council. We will have to be flexible and imaginative. We have to get this right. This deal gives us the chance to change the relationship between iran and the Security Council and change for the better the dynamics in the region and beyond. We can now start the work of rebuilding the deficit of trust. We can start to normalize our relationships, which hold great promise for the future. We will also encourage iran to play a transparent role in regional affairs, including in the current crises in yemen and syria. Iran has an opportunity to make a positive decision about their responsibilities in the region. The world is now a safer place in the knowledge that iran cannot build a nuclear bomb. I encourage all of us in this council to share the same determination, courage, and vision in supporting this project and pursuing our other Top Priorities as the negotiators on all sides have demonstrated in getting us the agreement we have endorsed here today. Thank you, mr. President. I thank the representative of the United Kingdom for his statement. I give the floor to the representative of spain. Thank you very much, mr. President. Today, we are witnessing a triumph of diplomacy following a complex negotiation. Bringing together the eu and iran. I would like to add my voice and congratulate all those party to this negotiation for their effort and commitment. We congratulate iran, the United States, russia, china, the United Kingdom, france, and germany. They have shown there is nothing impossible when the political will is in place to achieve something. They have given a welcome stimulus to continue our work here in the council. Some challenges which sometimes seem insurmountable and now we can find inspiration and example such as that which has been brought together today. At the end of the century we need to focus on dialogue instead of confrontation. If we do so this will serve a , common interest and will be to our benefit. The benefits in this agreement will be undeniable. The world is now a safer place than it was before. We are also faced with the work of the Security Council. Resolution 1713 seven 17137 wanted to put limits on irans Nuclear Program. This has held its course which has been shown today. This was a decisive base for details of this agreement. We can make the Security Council the most valuable guardian of peace around the world. This is a symbiotic relationship. The more efficient this organization is, the stronger and more capable we are to meet future challenges. We have opportunities and challenges remaining before us. Opportunities because we now have a balanced agreement with strengthens which strengthens the nonproliferation system and gives us the perfect opportunity we must all seas. We can take advantage of this energy is this agreement offers. We have to highlight the beneficial outcome of this agreement for the wider region. It brings an element of stability to such an unstable region. We need to harness this as a useful basis to tackle the specter of terrorism. There are challenges, as well as opportunities. We need to make sure what has been agreed is fulfilled on a timely basis. That will decide in the next few hours what will be the future of this agreement. We must continue to demonstrate unity and determination. Must find the most effective way of ensuring that the restrictions which will remain in place for the agreed amount of time are upheld. As chair of the 17137 resolution committee, i can assure i will i will make every effort to exercise my full roll through the transition phase, being as pragmatic as possible and dismissing them based on the agreement. The greatest source of happiness for me would be to see this committee disappear in light of this drafted resolution. This would mean that, on a daily basis, we would have achieved the goal of this agreement. 1737, like a phoenix, can rise from the ashes. As we forge the future, you can count on the full support and commitment from spain. Thank you very much. I thank the representative from spain for his statement. I get the floor to the representative of jordan. Thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , jordan welcomes the agreement on the Iranian Nuclear file as well as the political and diplomatic effort made by china, france, germany the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as the European Union to reach said agreement. Jordan has always called for a peaceful diplomatic solution to the Iranian Nuclear file. Therefore, jordan supports any aims at entrenching regional and International Peace and security as well as stability particularly in the Current Conditions pervading in the middle east at the current time. We hope that this agreement will promote further confidence among the states of the region. We also wish for the affects of this agreement to have a positive repercussion on all states of the region and on the security and stability of the people. We hope that this will be a positive, constructive step to prevent a new arms race in the middle east region and to reach the region rid the region of all weapons of mass description destruction. We stress the importance of the role of the International Atomic weapon agency. And in providing the Security Council with regular reports in accordance with thank you, mr. President. I thank the representative of jordan for the statement. I give the floor to the representative of chile. Thank you, mr. President. I would like to express my satisfaction with the adoption of this resolution. With this resolution, this counsel has endorsed the agreement reached by iran and the eu. We voted in favor of the resolution, and we welcome this agreement. It contributes to resolve the discrepancies involving the scope and repercussions of the iranian Nuclear Program. And it reasserts the rights of all parties to enjoy the benefits of use. We hope that the robust elements of verification will make it possible to strengthen trust between the parties while reserving preserving the integrity and strengthen the role of the i ava and promoting through that organization a greater cooperation to preserve peace in the middle east. The agreement has reiterated the irreplaceable value of negotiation and diplomacy in the context of international relations. The flexibility and creativity that all parties have demonstrated clearly speak to the determination and commitment to peace and cooperation which are the Guiding Principles of our organization. At this historic juncture, the Security Council and the governing board of the iaea, we will in short full support to the implementation of this agreement and we hope to contribute to promoting trust and regional and global security. Thank you very much. I thank the representative of jchile for his statement. I give the floor to the representative of venezuela. Thank you. We cosponsored and voted in favor of this resolution. It gratifies the agreement between p5 plus one, the European Union, and the Islamic Republic of iran. We are convinced that through this resolution, the Security Council can give firm backing to this Peace Agreement which opens a new phase in the relationship between different states. We welcome this agreement and we congratulate all delegations involved in the negotiation. The negotiation was very significant for this document. It has testified to their commitment, courage, and political will. That has been demonstrated in the 18 months. This proves once again that when political commitment is in place and agreements, peaceful dialogue is the only way forward. Other approaches only lead to a lack of trust and to conflict. This agreement is a diplomatic triumph. It is far superior to war. The jcp oa will guarantee iran to promote its technical and energy independence. We are equally convinced that this instrument will make a positive contribution to the birth of a new phase in the diplomatic relationship between iran and the parties to disagreement based on mutual trust, respect, and collective commitment to strengthen International Peace and security. We are delighted to see that the agreement reached will allow us finally to achieve the definitive listing of these sanctions regimes imposed by the Security Council, as well as a listing of other measures which are a legally applied in other areas related to irans Nuclear Program which will restrict access on a commercial and economic, financial, and energy basis which have negatively affected the population and other states. We would like to reiterate our full support for the implementation of this document to pave the way for the wellbeing and progress of the iranian people. We hope the agreement reached will be the beginning of a political process which will allow us to make sure we can provide other Peaceful Solutions to other conflicts later on. This includes yemen, iraq, and syria, as well as the relationship between israel and palestine. Thank you very much. I thank the representative of venezuela. I give the floor to the representative of malaysia. In conformity with the package of decisions reached within the declaration system, which is a key requirement for the stability to be delivered in this region. Thank you very much, president. I thank the representative of venezuela for his statement. I give the floor to the representative of malaysia. Thank you. Thank you for giving me the floor to explain malaysias vote on this resolution adopted by Counsel Council on which we had corresponded and voted in favor. At the outset, i want to congratulate the delegations responsible for reaching this historic agreement, namely china, france, germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Islamic Republic of iran, and the european republic. We congratulate them for the dialogue. The course of action endorsed by the council by this resolution 223 is a positive step. We look forward to the immediate and constructive implementation of this resolution by all concerned parties. The agreement reached on 14 july is a landmark understanding which in our view, reinforces the principles while at the same time is seen like a balance with concerns on cooperation as provided under the nuclear treaty. We are convinced that we continue to occupy a central role in love being an essential foundation for the pursuit of general and complete as well as being an essential foundation for the pursuit of general and complete nuclear pursuits. Disarmament. Nuclear nonproliferation and Nuclear Disarmament are two sides of the same corn. Same coin. Including taking steps to decrease the operational readiness of Nuclear Weapon systems. As a member of this counselcil, and a member of the 1737 committee malaysia works malaysia looks forward to working with other Committee Members with a view to work towards the eventual ending of all sanctions against iran. We hope that the successful and implementation of this resolution could possibly contribute to stability in the middle east and beyond. I thank you. I thank the representative of malaysia. I give the floor to the representative of nigeria. Thank you. We would like to begin by congratulating the parties. Iran, china, france, germany United Kingdom, the Russian Federation, the United States, and the European Union. For the historic agreements reached last week. The agreement is a victory for diplomacy. No matter how difficult a subject is, with commitment and determination, a decision can produce results. Nigeria has voted in favor of this resolution because we are convinced to aid the process of the implementation of this agreement. The joint comprehensive plan of action plainly spells out the obligations of the party. We urge parties to implement the plan transparently and in good faith. We see this opportunity to once more reaffirm our support for the peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy in accordance with article four of the nonproliferation treaty. Thank you. I thank the representative from nigeria. I give the floor to the representative of angola. Thank you, mr. President. Our delegation is very honored to take part in this session of the Security Council and cast vote on this historic resolution which represents the trial of the agreement we have just endorsed is clear evidence that any political problem, the more complex and difficult it might be, can have negotiated solutions if the parties show political will and commitment to seek Peaceful Solutions and avoid the recourse to military means. The present agreement is additionally special since for many years, diplomacy have been defeated in all middle east disputes. Mr. President , the United States, china, france, germany the United Kingdom, the Russian Federation, the European Union and the Islamic Republic of iran deserve all of our praise for being able to reach such an Outstanding Achievement by concluding the joint comprehensive plan of action as a contribution to the building of confidence and exclusively peaceful nature of irans Nuclear Program. We hope that implementation of the Program Takes place with the best possible results that National Parliaments give their endorsement to the treaty, that the International Republic agency assumes its role in verifying compliance with the agreement, and that sanctions imposed on iran be lifted in accordance with provisions of the plan of action. It is our expectation or Wishful Thinking that the very difficult process will provide understanding of each others views and expectations and will permit the building of mutual confidence. Its an innovative factor that might create new dynamics in the region. The closing or opening of the iranian Nuclear Program after so many years is a limited outcome. Now, we want more. The people of the region deserve more. The agreement so far reached should be followed by other outstanding initiatives addressing regional issues. It is our view that further efforts should be applied by the should be deployed by Security Council permanent members and by taking advantage of the negotiating dynamics opened by the iranian Nuclear Program to reach out to Regional Powers in the middle east to address and resolve proxy wars and other situations affecting the reason region, namely the fight against isil, the palestinian issue, and the war in yemen. As well as eliminating the political fracture. The establishment of new dynamics in the region would be in our view, the greatest a accomplishment and most valuable legacy of the process we are approving today through the adoption of this landmark resolution. I thank you, mr. President. I thank the representative of angola for his statement. I give the floor to the representative of lithuania. I thank you, mr. President. Lithuania welcomes this adoption agreed by the e3 eu plus three and iran on july 14. We believe this deal based on irans and will mentation of essential changes to its Nuclear Program in return to the lifting of sanctions provides a real path to resolve disputes and further educate. It also marks a victory for multilateralism and International Diplomacy and it proves that sustained pressure by the International Community can create conditions that bring parties to the negotiation table and keep them engaged in good faith. And in the spirit of compromise. Lithuania applauds the perseverance and determination of all those involved in this extraordinary diplomatic endeavor. In particular, we applaud the instrument oh coordinating role played by both former and current eu representatives. The core of this deal is to ensure International Communities trust in the peaceful nature of irans Nuclear Program. Irans agreement to implement the Additional Protocol to its comprehensive safeguards agreement as well as full transparency measures will provide the International Atomic Energy Agency the ability to iran have extensive access to to have extensive access to Irans Nuclear sites. In addition to the rigorous verification measures, iran will remain under legally binding charterbased obligation to comply with the embargo. And to refrain from Ballistic Missile related activities. The travel ban and asset freeze will also remain in place while this counsel will continue to be council will continue to be actively engaged in monitoring the limitation of the plan of action. Finally, all current sanctions will be reinstated in the event of a significant violation of irans jc poa commitments. It will open the door to a steady improvement of relations with iran, and publicly contribute to regional and International Peace and stability. Thank you. I think the representative of lithuania. I give the floor to the representative of chad. Chad would like to join those who spoke before me to salute the signature of an agreement between the republic of iran and the European Union. An Agreement Regarding the joint copper has a plan of action regarding the Iranian Nuclear regarding the joint comprehensive plan of action regarding the iranian Nuclear Program. Creating an atmosphere that is conducive to the implementation of the aforementioned plan of action, and chad encourages them to implement their commitments fully. Its important to recall that the plan of action that the subjugated counsel has just approved is the outcome of a long process. The text the volume of the text of the agreement, the complexity, and the length of the negotiations clearly proof prove that openness of mines minds and determination of the parties overcame all of these issues. We would like to congratulate all of the parties for the courage, the determination, the tactful mess, and the wisdom that they have demonstrated in reaching a negotiated solution to the iranian Nuclear Program. We share their satisfaction over having managed to reach an agreement that could not be reached for over two years. We support the future efforts in implementing the agreement reached on july 14 and chad is convinced of the riches of dialogue and peace, which is why we voted in favor of this resolution. The adoption of this resolution symbolizes the noble principles in the u. N. Charter that calls on peaceful resolution of differences without the use of threats. The framework of this approach we welcome the leadership of the United States and the new approach of leaders which focuses on dialogue, peace, and stability around the world. On this point, we completely agree with what president obama said when he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. He said, sanctions and condemnations without discussions will ultimately fail. Chad hopes that the iaea will monitor the agreement that has been signed and provide a roadmap for verification of past and Current Issues that are at hand. With this in mind, chad anchorages the iaea and iran to cooperate fully to confirm the successful implementation of this resolution. We also hope the measures implemented will remove the sanctions implemented in 2005 and 2006. Mr. President , we would like to repeat that all of the other parties for the npt treaty, iran is entitled to develop the research and Nuclear Energy for other purposes and we hope the agreement reached on july 14 will allow iran to join the community of nations and provide contributions in international cooperation. No contribution every contribution should be welcomed in maintaining International Peace and security. In conclusion, we would like to repeat our encouragement to all parties for the 14 july agreement and call on the commitments in this under keating undertaking. Chad has signed and ratified an agreement which makes it an area free of Nuclear Weapons. We have been rid of these weapons of mass destruction where the use of Nuclear Science and research has been only for peaceful purposes. To sign on to the slogan that is very relevant, Nuclear Energy for all, Nuclear Weapons for no one. Thank you. I thank the representative of chad. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the minister of Foreign Affairs of new zealand. Today, the members, the European Union, germany, and iran have presented us with an agreement which, if fully implemented provides a comprehensive and longterm solution to the iran nuclear issue. The truly historic agreement reached in vienna represents a triumph of diplomacy and cooperation over confrontation and mistrust. New zealand commends all the parties for staying the course through what were complex and challenging negotiations. It is now crucial to an sure the to ensure to ensure the agreement is fully and swiftly implemented and that small missteps and misunderstandings are not allowed to derail the process. We urge all parties to approach this task with the same constructive intent that has led to this agreement, and we encourage iran to act quickly to implement all transparency measures and allow the iaea access to the relevant sites. By the adoption of this resolution, we give International Legal force to the agreement reached in vienna and extend that the obligations it contains across the borderunion membership. New zealand endorses the comments of high representative that this is a good deal for everyone. For the parties who signed up to it, and for the rest of the International Community. There are, sadly, too few days on which we can say that constructive and patient diplomacy succeeded in bridging the differences and mistrust that contain the seeds of conflict. Today, we mark an opportunity to change the nature of the relationship between iran and the International Community. We remind ourselves that with the right approach and with the commitment of Key Stakeholders even seemingly intractable issues can be resolved through diplomacy and dialogue. For this council, as we confront the extraordinarily difficult challenges in relation to the middle east Peace Process syria, iraq, yemen, and libya, this is a message we should reflect upon today. I resume my sanction as president of the council. I now give the floor to the representative of the Islamic Republic of iran. This resolution that the council just adopted represents a Significant Development and marks a fundamental shift in the conservation of irans peaceful Nuclear Program by the council in the past 10 years. The jcpoa is the result of a series of extensive and collective dialogue for the last two years to give diplomacy a chance. This fundamentally different approach will help all of us look for the best possible way out to put in into an unnecessary crisis and make an achievement for all parties involved and the International Community. The resolution that was adopted in the jcpoa that was endorsed today and also for the termination of the Security Council resolution that placed sanctions on iran for its efforts to exercise its rights. They were grounded on nothing but speculation and hearsay. Nobody has ever presented any proof indicating that irans program has been anything but peaceful. The iaea that put facilities under inspection has always reported that iran has always stood by every single commitment. For example, in terms of inspection frequency, only japan have been subject to greater scrutiny than iran. While japan has much more extensive nuclear facilities. Last year, iran even surpassed japan in their number of inspections. The involvement of the Security Council was not caused by a suspicious Nuclear Weapon program, but driven by the stated objective in scr 96 to suspend its program. That demand was not only unnecessary and uncalled for but in fact ran counter to the unanimous conclusion of the 2000 and 2010 conferences to speculate that their choices of Member States with regard to the Nuclear Cycle activities must be respected. It also elected that the demands and sanctions imposed upon iran in 1737 were punishments. Through 1929 are all punishments for the refusal of the iranian people to accept that demand. In a engaging with italy eu plus three, the iranian people have had the foresight to move forward without losing sight of , the past. That is why we hope that we open a new chapter. We cannot accept or forget the previous treatment of iran starting from the use of chemical weapons to its more recent treatment of the iranian peaceful Nuclear Program. The solution we have arrived at will strengthen the use of Nuclear Nonproliferation in its entirety. It includes and recognizes the right of iran to develop Nuclear Programs for peaceful purposes. Rights and obligations of the parties to the npt as under any other international regime, can only go handinhand obligations with these regimes only of rights can also be achievable. No threats of sanctions or war could sustain the npt in the long run this includes total Nuclear Disarmament and the right to use Nuclear Energy. And those parties are rewarded by [indiscernible] looking to the future, my government hopes that the jcpoa and this resolution start a new chapter in relations with iran with the council and participants. Iran is in a position and willing to comply fully with its commitment under the jcpoa because it is already committed to the fatwa of its Supreme Leader who has already declared all weapons of mass destruction to be haram. We hope the council will do the same with regards to the same documents in the agreement. The desire to build a new relationship with iran it is encouraging all Member States to cooperate with iran in the framework of the jcpoa and the peaceful use of Nuclear Energy and related projects, as well as its emphasis that the jcpoa is conducive to promoting and facilitating the development of new economies and trade contracts and cooperation with iran are all encouraging. Are all positive signs and are all encouraging. Mr. President , why are we still while we are still focused on the nuclear issue, iran expects it to have a positive influence on our region and the International Community. Including increasing Mutual Respect and understanding is an important achievement. It reinforces faith and in diplomacy as the most rational way to resolve issues and it shows that diplomacy can prevail over war and sanctions. It is therefore a clear message to those who still believe that they can achieve everything through force and coercion. Second, the jcpoa has the potential to help development in this region for the real issues at hand. Thus, we earnestly hope it helps turn the page in our region. Enabling countries to close the ranks and fight against violent extremism and to move towards more cooperation to separate threats that our region and the world face. Countries in our region have a very high stake in defeating violent extremism. The jcpoa participants are also facing similar challenges in their security from this phenomenon. We are now free to focus on real issues and benefit from the better environment conducive to wider Cooperation Among all actors. Third, in the wake of this Major Development in the region will we will renew our call to our neighbors in the wider region that iran is ready to engage in a new phase with all of them based on Mutual Respect, good neighborliness, and brotherhood. We have many common challenges in our region to address, and many common opportunities to benefit from in the region. This is the time to start working together against our most common and important challenges, which includes above all, violent extremism. First, [indiscernible] in so doing, it proves once more that it does not see peace in our energy in its interest and considers these an existential threat itself. [indiscernible] is also to spur this nefarious purpose. Thus we alert our friends and neighbors not to fall into the trap. In this context, it is also not surprising that the Israeli Regime is the only obstacle in the way of establishing a Nuclear Program that my country initiated more than 40 years ago and has ever since promoted. It the Security Council should live up to its primary responsibility under the u. N. Charter and take necessary action to neutralize this. Mr. President , let me recall that iran as a nation has withstood enormous storms while being steadfast and preserving its identity. We have not reneged on commitments. We only accept commitments that we can abide by. Iran is resolute in fulfilling its obligations, we expect that our counterparts do the same. Displaying good faith, honoring commitments, and adopting the right approach, then diplomacy can prevail over violence, suffering, and oppression. This will provide a Solid Foundation for further and more effective diplomatic interactions. Before i conclude, let me thank those ambassadors who supported the jcpoa and also those countries who helped this deal happen. Let me respond to some baseless accusations by some members, some previous speakers. It is ironic that the distinguished ambassador of United States accused of my country of harboring a hostage. Reckless acts of the United States in our region for so many years are at the root of so many challenges we are now facing in our neighborhood. Iran is a stable country in an unstable region. We want our stability to persist. We do promote a stability in the region and we help our neighbors to stabilize and cooperate towards that. In conclusion, let me also inform you that my delegation upon instruction from a government is forwarding the statement of the Islamic Republic of iran following the actions today by the Security Council to be circulated as a document of the Security Council. Thank you. I thank the representative of the Islamic Republic of iran. I now give the floor to mr. Thomas. Thank you. The high representative of the European Union has asked me to convey the following message to the United Nations Security Council. The agreement reached in vienna on the 14th of july 2015 between iran and china, france, germany, russia, the United Kingdom, the united dates of america, with the support of the high representative of the union for Foreign Security policy, and a joint conference of plan of action is historic in nature. The agreement once implemented marks a conclusion to the longrunning diplomatic efforts to reach a comprehensive longlasting, and peaceful