There has been a report that next Month the Chair of the UN Committee
on Chemical Weapons will be Syria !

Hmmm, can that be really true ?
Had a quick search to no avail.
It is as bad as Saudi Arabia was chair at one time of the Human Rights
committee.
It is real Lewis Carrol stuff. It must make good ideas for a modern day Lewis Carrol.
Who would be the Red Queen ?

Dear Bazz,

Settle down old salt, you will do yourself an injury.

These are the rules for this body;

"When the Conference is in session, the Presidency of the Conference shall rotate among all its members; each President shall preside for a four-working-week period. The rotation which began in January 1979, based on the English alphabetical list of membership, shall be followed."

As you can see they were set out nearly 4 decades ago and agreed upon by all members. The Secretary General may well speak to how inappropriate this would be but ultimately it is the member states, not he, who can act to change them.

The whole format of a rotating chair is part of the premise of the UN. It invites participation and somewhat alleviates bullying by more powerful nations. But just like democracy throwing up a Trump outliers like Syria do unfortunately happen. No need to attack the institution like you are and besides your hatred of them stems from the UN support of particularly Muslim refugees and their denouncement of Australia's actions so perhaps stick to that in future.

//It is real Lewis Carrol stuff. It must make good ideas for a modern day Lewis Carrol.//

Nah, Alice in Wonderland is all about maths:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427391-600-alices-adventures-in-algebra-wonderland-solved/

US Ambassador to the UN Disarmament Conference that is
scheduled for next month, Robert Wood, clearly stated
on April 9th 2018 that Syria is not qualified to head
the Conference in light of its alleged chemical attack
recently on residents of a Damascus suburb. He said that
Syria has neither the international credibility nor any
moral authority while it continues to bomb its own
people with chemical weapons.

The Conference's Presidency is rotated among the 65 member
states based on an alphabetical order. Syria is to take over
from Switzerland on May 28th for 4 weeks.

Interesting, so it was true.
It would be interesting to make a list of UN committees that had
inappropriate chairman.
Yes, I knew those positions rotated. If a matter concerning their own
country is on the agenda does the chairman do the normal thing and
stand down and allow someone else to chair the meeting ?

Bazz, as someone who deplores the use of all weapons, including chemical, I believe it is much more constructive to include nations like Syria in the UN process. Rather than place rogue nations on the outer, where the possibility of influencing their behaviour is greatly diminished, including them on an equal basis is far more productive. Expulsion should be the last resort when all other peaceful avenues have been exhausted.