(Reuters/MSNBC) Senior diplomats from Arab and Muslim states stayed away from a major international disarmament forum on Tuesday to protest against Israel taking up its presidency, diplomats said. The Conference on Disarmament, a 41-year-old autonomous body under the UN, is holding its regular spring session in Geneva. The presidency of the conference, the world's only multilateral disarmament negotiating forum, rotates each month among the 66 member states. Israel has been a member since 1996.
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