Israel's envoy to UN elected as General Assembly VP

Israel's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, was elected to serve as one of the General Assembly's vice presidents.

Prosor, 53, who as been serving as Israel's envoy to the global body for a year, will take office as one of the assembly's 21 vice presidents in September. He is the third Israeli envoy to be elected for the position. (Yitzhak Benhorin, Washinton)