Sports / Host Cities
CAWGOC
(changchun2007.org)
Updated: 2007-01-26 15:05
Mr.Zhu Yejing,major of Changchun,received the OCA flag from the OCA
president at the closing cer
WORLD / Europe
Talks on Iran sanctions delayed
(AP)
Updated: 2006-12-13 11:23
UNITED NATIONS - Negotiations on an Iran sanctions resolution were
unexpectedly postponed Tuesday because of Russia's anger at the United
States for raising the plight of an opposition leader in Belarus in the
UN Security Council.
Russian Atomic Agency Chief Sergei Kiriyenko, left, shakes hands with
Iranian Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, during their meeting in
Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 11, 2006. Russia's nuclear chief will arrive
in Tehran Monday for talks on finishing the construction of Iran's first
nuclear power plant, being built by Russians in the south of the country.
[AP]
Belarus, an authoritarian former communist state that has close ties to
Russia, is not on the agenda of the UN's most powerful body. Russia's
Ambassador Vitaly Churkin strongly objected when senior US diplomat
William Brencick brought up the 54-day hunger strike of jailed former
Belarusian opposition presidential candidate, Alexander Kozulin, council
diplomats said.
The five veto-wielding council members - the US, Russia, China, Britain
and France - along with Germany had been scheduled to meet soon after to
discuss Russian amendments to a revised European draft resolution on
Iran. But because of the diplomatic tiff over Belarus, the meeting was
put off.
"It wasn't the best timing by the US," said Britain's UN Ambassador Emyr
Jones Parry.
The Europeans circulated a revised text on Friday in a bid to win backing
from Russia and China, and Churkin said after talks Monday he was pleased
with the direction of the negotiations though specific points still
needed to be worked out.
A US official said Washington felt it was important to raise the issue of
Kozulin in the Security Council because of US concerns for freedom of
political expression and democracy, especially in the heart of Europe.
"We raised this issue and our goal was to highlight the plight of this
individual and what it means for the state of democracy in this country,"
the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the council
meeting was closed.
Kozulin, who ended his hunger strike on Tuesday, has been jailed since
March when he led a protest march following presidential elections in
which he was one of three candidates challenging authoritarian President
Alexander Lukashenko.
Kozulin had been on hunger strike to protest his sentencing in June to
five and a half years in prison for organizing the unsanctioned protest.
Lukashenko has ruled Belarus since 1994, quashing dissent and maintaining
power through elections that have been dismissed by critics abroad and at
home as illegitimate.
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emony of the 5th Asian Winter Games hosted by
Aomori,Japan,on Feb.8th,2003.[File Photo]
Patronized the OCA, Asian Winter Games is the largest winter sports
gathering at the highest level and with the most extensive influence.
As the extension of the Olympic Spirit in Asia, it will serve as a bridge
for the Asian peoples from various countries and regions to promote the
friendship and understanding through sports exchanges.
Asian Winter Games is a quadrennial sporting event. The first 2 editions
were held in Sapporo, Japan, the 3rd in Harbin, China, the 4th in
Kangwon, Korea, and the 5th in Aomori, Japan. On October 3rd, 2002,
Changchun was awarded the right to host the 6th Asian Winter Games in
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