03.02.2012                      10.Schwat. 5772

UNO:

Israel scores rare victory at UN

For the first time, Israel assumes seat on exec board of United Nations Development Program.

Israel is used to being on the defensive at the United Nations, where it is outnumbered by its foes, but on Thursday its delegation at UN headquarters in New York scored a rare victory.
For the first time, Israel took a seat on the executive board of the United Nations Development Program, a top UN agency with a budget of about a billion dollars, according to the Israeli mission in New York….