Syria: New UN nuclear resolution impractical

The head of Syria's UN mission has described the Security Council's recent resolution on nuclear proliferation as "ambiguous and impractical".

In an interview with Press TV on Saturday from the Syrian capital Damascus, George Jabour said that the timing and venue the US, France and Britain chose to adopt Resolution1887, which commits the UN to strive for a 'nuke-free' world, was "inappropriate".

Jabour said that US President Barack Obama has called for a world free of nuclear arms, while his country possesses the world's largest atomic arsenal. According to the Syrian official, in order to achieve its objective, Washington should first set the example by scrapping its own nuclear stockpile and then go to work on persuading the rest of the world to do likewise.

The head of Syria's UN mission --a non-governmental organization-- also criticized Obama for failing to mention Israel's nuclear arsenal at the UN Security Council's meeting on Wednesday.

Israel, the sole possessor of nuclear weapons in the Middle East, is believed to have up to 200 nuclear warheads in its arsenal. It has so far rejected to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty.