Sydney Morning Herald | UN hot seat awaits Australia as Syria momentum builds Sydney Morning Herald Federal Election 2013 coverage · Have your say on YourView. Australia waits poised to assume the leadership of the United Nations' most powerful peacekeeping body, the Security Council, at a time when the crisis in Syria is escalating critically and the ... Rudd reiterates get out of Syria Labor takes small-target approach at UN Aust takes reins in Security Council |