Syria Returns to Helm of Security Council
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From Times Wire Reports
Syria, which has been using its spot on the U.N. Security Council to keep a spotlight on Israeli attacks on Palestinians, assumes the council’s rotating presidency today for the first time since 1970.
Damascus, which began a two-year term on the 15-nation body in January, will run the council for the month before turning it over to Britain on July 1.
However, Syria’s U.N. mission insisted that no special emphasis on the Middle East was planned during June.
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