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UN welcomes first anniversary of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action implementation day

Xinhua, January 17, 2017 Adjust font size:

The United Nations Monday welcomed the first anniversary of the achievement of "Implementation Day" under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which marked a significant milestone in the historic agreement related to Iran nuclear issue.

"The agreement underscores the importance of diplomacy in ensuring that Iran's nuclear program remains exclusively peaceful, while also promoting peace and security in the region," said Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

The JCPOA, known commonly as the Iran deal or Iran nuclear deal, is an international agreement on the nuclear program of Iran reached in Vienna on July 14 2015 between Iran, the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council-China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States-plus Germany), and the European Union.

"The United Nations welcomes the reaffirmation by all sides of their strong commitment to the continued full and effective implementation of the JCPOA, including in the meeting of the Joint Commission held in Vienna on January 10, 2017, and encourages all Member States to support its implementation in its entirety," said Haq.

"It is of the utmost importance that the JCPOA works in the interest of all its participants, including by delivering tangible benefits to the Iranian people," he said.

The United Nations will continue to support the implementation of the JCPOA, in accordance with resolution 2231 (2015) and other relevant decisions of the Security Council, said Haq.

Under the agreement, Iran agreed to eliminate its stockpile of medium-enriched uranium, cut its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by 98 percent, and reduce by about two-thirds the number of its gas centrifuges for 13 years. For the next 15 years, Iran will only enrich uranium up to 3.67 percent.

The 15-nation Security Council endorsed the JCPOA on July 20, 2015 in resolution 2231, calling it a "culmination of diplomatic efforts" by the E3+3 -- which includes Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States -- and Iran. Endit