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President Bush (Oct. 9): "The North Korean regime remains one of the world's leading proliferators of missile technology, including transfers to Iran and Syria. The transfer of nuclear weapons or material by North Korea to states or non-state entities would be considered a grave threat to the United States, and we would hold North Korea fully accountable of the consequences of such action."
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| ![South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon is interviewed September 27, 2006, in New York. [ŠAP Images]](/all/20061010184322im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_2006_1009_skorea2_963.jpg) | | South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon To Be Next UN Secretary-General
Department Spokesman Sean McCormack (Oct. 9): "The United States welcomes today's decision by the United Nations Security Council to recommend South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon to the United Nations General Assembly for appointment as UN Secretary-General. We look forward to prompt action by the UN General Assembly to appoint Foreign Minister Ban so that he may begin to prepare for the challenges awaiting him and the United Nations."
| | ![Secretary Rice walks off her plane upon arrival in Tel Aviv\'s Ben Gurion airport October 4, 2006. [State Department photo by Matty Stern]](/all/20061010184322im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_2006_1009_rice_96.jpg) | | Secretary Rice's Recent Travel to the Middle East
Secretary Rice traveled to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel the Palestinian Territories, and Iraq October 1-6, 2006. At the President's request, Secretary Rice led a diplomatic effort to engage moderate leaders across the region. On October 6 Secretary Rice traveled to London, United Kingdom for the P5+1 meeting on Iran, returning to Washington October 7.
| | ![Foreign ministers and other officials from the P5+1 meet to discuss Iran\\'s nuclear program. London, United Kingdom, October 6, 2006. [Š AP Images]](/all/20061010184322im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_2006_10_06_burns_nuclear_250.jpg) | | P5+1 Meets To Discuss Iran's Nuclear Ambition
Under Secretary Burns: "...It was agreed based on both of those reports that the Iranians are not willing to suspend their enrichment-related programs at Natanz and therefore we have no alternative but to proceed along the second path that we talked about. So consequently, we'll begin next week to debate a sanctions regime at the United Nations." P5+1 Statement
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![President George W. Bush delivers a statement on North Korea from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House October 9, 2006. [White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt]](/all/20061010184322im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2006_1009_bush2_250.jpg)
Carmen Marrero
