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Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Israel starts term as chair of UN Conference on Disarmament
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Israeli Ambassador Dan Meron chairs the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland, August 20, 2024. (Foreign Ministry)
Israel begins its term as president of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ambassador Dan Meron chaired a meeting of the group’s 65-member states yesterday.
Israel last held the four-week rotating presidency in January 2014.
The Conference on Disarmament was established in 1979 for negotiating agreements on disarmament and arms control, including nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.
Iran and Syria — both leading adversaries of Israel — are members of conference.
