UN approves nuclear disarmament resolution proposed by Iran

The United States -- despite its fanfare about a change in policy -- Britain, France, Israel, and a number of Western countries voted against the resolution, but over 100 countries, including the non-nuclear members of the Non-Aligned Movement, voted for it.

The resolution was ratified in a session of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly held in New York on Tuesday, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.

This is the third time the resolution has been approved by the UN.

It was approved for the first time at the UN summit in 2005, when the issue of total nuclear disarmament was brought up by Iran’s president.

The resolution calls on all nuclear powers to dismantle all their nuclear weapons.

The Zionist regime must also sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and allow its nuclear installations to come under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), part of the resolution says.

Israel is the only player in the Middle East that possesses a nuclear arsenal, and it is not a signatory to the NPT or any other international convention on nuclear weapons. And The Zionist regime has never allowed IAEA inspectors to visit its nuclear sites or arsenals.

The First Committee is one of six sub-committees of the UN General Assembly. Its mandate is to vote on resolutions that address disarmament and international security issues. It meets annually to consider approximately 50-60 resolutions and decisions on myriad international security issues including nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, other weapons of mass destruction, conventional weapons and reform of the UN disarmament machinery.

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