New York/Vienna  - UN Security Council members on Friday said a new UN report offered proof that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons, while some raised the spectre of Iran being able to produce an atomic bomb with the amount of enriched uranium it has.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna said in an updated report late Thursday that the Tehran regime has underreported by a third the extent of its enrichment activities.

New York  - France and Britain on Friday strongly criticized Myanmar's military regime for failing to implement democratic reform and freeing political prisoners, even though that government has announced the amnesty for 6,000 prisoners.

France's UN Ambassador Jean Maurice Ripert said Ibrahim Gambari, the special envoy of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, had not obtained progress demanded by international community.

New York  - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday social justice is denied to too many people around the world as the UN celebrated its first World Day of Social Justice.

"Tragically, social justice still remains an elusive dream for an appallingly large portion of humanity," Ban said in a message.

"Extreme poverty, hunger, discrimination and the denial of human rights continue to scar our moral landscape," he said. "The global financial crisis threatens to worsen these ills further still."

New York - UN Security Council members said Friday they eventually would have to tackle the new situation with Iran, which has continued its uranium enrichment programme and been found to produce enough fissile material for an atomic bomb.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna said in an updated report that the Tehran regime has underreported by a third the extent of its enrichment activities.

New York  - France and Britain on Friday strongly criticized Myanmar's military regime for failing to implement democratic reform and freeing political prisoners, even though that government has announced the amnesty for 6,000 prisoners.

France's UN Ambassador Jean Maurice Ripert lashed out at Ibrahim Gambari, the special envoy of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, for an unauthorized meeting with Myanmar's junta leader Senior General Than Shwe during his recent visit that country.

New York, Feb. 20 : The New York Post, which was the subject of a protest outside its Midtown headquarters and continued criticism from elected officials on Thursday over the publication of an editorial cartoon that linked a chimpanzee to the economic stimulus package, has issued an apology "to those who were offended," while maintaining that the cartoon was not intended to be racist.