He also issued a warning to the five permanent members of the U.N.
The U.S. is set to join the five permanent members of the U.N.
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany have held a series of negotiations with Iran over the years.
The Council was to have five permanent members, made up of the powers that, at the time, were thought to matter.
International negotiations aimed at containing Iran's nuclear program resume Friday in Kazakhstan and involve the five permanent members of the U.N.
Annan, the U.N. and Arab League special envoy to Syria, invited top diplomats from the five permanent members of the U.N.
The American proposal, they argue, would give any one of the council's five permanent members a veto over the court's actions.
The five permanent members of the Security Council - Russia, China, France, Britain and the United States -- have veto power.
Now, the Security Council has five permanent members and 10 rotating members.
In Paris on January 16, 1990, a far-reaching peace plan for Cambodia was proposed by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
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And just yesterday, the biggest cities of four of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council were in competition to host the Summer Olympics.
Iran has held several rounds of negotiations with the P5 plus 1, which comprises Germany and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
The council could take up the proposal on Tuesday -- but as one of five permanent members of the Security Council, Russia could veto any resolution.
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The five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany have held a series of negotiations over the years - but there has been no breakthrough.
And of the other five permanent members of the UN Security Council, China and France have also signed oil deals with Iraq over the past few years.
Annan, who planned to consult later Tuesday with the five permanent members of the Security Council, is expected to travel to Baghdad later in the week, diplomatic sources told CNN.
They strive to achieve consensus among all 15 members, and they have to avoid a veto by one of the five permanent members - Britain, France, Russia, China and America.
Security Council's five permanent members, plus Germany and the EU. The proposal was short on specifics and couched in flowery language but reiterated Iran's unwillingness to give up its nuclear program.
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The gathering included the UN Security Council's five permanent members plus Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and Turkey but not Iran or Saudi Arabia, deemed so antagonistic as to cancel each other out.
Both Russia and France - as two of the five permanent members of the Security Council - have the power to veto the US draft plan, as does permanent member China.
The big reforms require a two-thirds majority in the UN's general assembly, and no veto by any of the five permanent members of the Security Council (America, Britain, China, France and Russia).
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To be adopted, the resolution has to be supported by nine of the 15 members of the Security Council, but it must not be vetoed by any of the five permanent members.
On Wednesday emissaries of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany convened in Wiesbaden, Germany, to discuss their joint policies toward Iran in the aftermath of the satellite launch.
Among the challenges to getting an effective arms trade treaty is the simple fact that the USA, Russia, China, the UK and France are the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
Britain is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, and has always insisted it has acted correctly over issues like Western Sahara, not selling weapons to either side for use in the conflict.
U.S. and EU officials have said Iran hasn't formally responded to a request in October to return to talks with the international community, represented by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany.
Speaking on behalf of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the US, UK, France, Russia and China - British Foreign Secretary William Hague said all five were committed to supporting Mr Annan's efforts.
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