Syria takes rotating presidency of UN conference in Geneva, US protests

Syria has taken the rotating presidency of the United Nations (UN)’s Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, prompting disruptive objection by the United States. The chairing of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) rotates alphabetically among the body’s 65 members every four weeks, and Syria’s turn came on Monday. Syrian Ambassador Hussam Edin Aala opened the conference’s latest round ...

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