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Syria chairing world disarmament body ‘a travesty’: US
GENEVA, May 29, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – The US ambassador to the UN in Geneva
said Tuesday it was “a travesty” that Syria would head the Conference on
Disarmament, leaving briefly when the Syrian representative took the floor.
“Syria’s presence here is a travesty. This regime has committed countless
crimes against its own people through the use of chemical weapons, and it is
just unacceptable for them to be leading this body,” Robert Wood told AFP
just before the session began.
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