(Washington Post) Colum Lynch - Former Israeli government attorney David Scharia has been appointed legal coordinator for the Counter-Terrorism Committee executive directorate. As the UN Security Council's top counterterrorism lawyer, he is the only Israeli national serving in a senior security position within the UN Secretariat, Israeli and UN officials said Tuesday. Of the 44,000 UN employees, 124 are Israeli. None serve in the top ranks of the most sensitive political jobs.
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