Ambassadors from the major powers had expressed hope on Tuesday that a text of a resolution would be ready to distribute to all 15 nations on the UN Security Council on Wednesday.

But a text that was referred back to the British, Chinese, French, German, Russian and US governments by the ambassadors had still not been fully agreed by late Wednesday, diplomats said.

Many of the ministers involved were at a meeting in Rome on Wednesday on the Lebanon crisis. They have set a new target of Thursday for agreeing a draft, the diplomats said.

Ministers from the six powers decided earlier this month to send the Iran nuclear dossier back to the Security Council after Tehran failed to respond to a package of Western security and economic incentives in exchange for suspending its enrichment activities, which many Western capitals believe hides efforts to develop a nuclear bomb.

Western ambassadors say they are agreed that the resolution must make the suspension of all enrichment-related activities mandatory. Negotiations had been bogged down by Russia and China's opposition to any mention of sanctions in the resolution.

Diplomats said the latest text being discussed invokes articles 39 and 40 of Chapter Seven of the UN charter that stipulate "provisional measures" to be taken ahead of imposing tougher steps such as sanctions.

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