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(29,876 posts) Wed Oct 9, 2013, 02:35 PM Oct 2013

Iran Appointment To U.N. Disarmament Committee Slammed By Israel

Posted on October 9, 2013 by JNS.org.

(JNS.org) Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, compared the recent appointment of Iran to the U.N. First Committee on Disarmament and International Security to “appointing a drug lord CEO of a pharmaceutical company.”

“Iran’s appointment erodes the U.N.’s legitimacy and its ability to promote arms control and disarmament, as well as preserve global peace and security,” Prosor wrote in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, The Associated Press reported.

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