While legally non-binding, a favourable vote in the UNGA would be a political boost for the Palestinians' cause - or so they hope. Full EU backing would give critical political weight to the Palestinians' claim. EU states are deeply divided on the issue of Palestinian membership of the UN ...
The 15-member council voted on a draft resolution that recommends to the 193-member UN General Assembly that "the State of Palestine be admitted to membership of the United Nations." The draft resolution received 12 votes in favor, two abstentions, and one vote against. A council resolution ...
He said at present, an absolute majority of the global community supports Palestine's application to become a full member of the UN. "Today's use of the veto by the U.S. delegation is a hopeless attempt to stop the inevitable course of history. The results of the vote, where Washington...
摘要: At the United Nations Security Council meeting in February 2011, the Security Council failed to adopt a text that would have described as "illegal" Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory occupied since 1967.年份: 2011 收藏 引用 批量引用 报错 分享 全部来源 求助全文 works.bepress.com ...
Today, the Simon Wiesenthal Center released the following statement on the UN’s vote to give “favorable consideration” to “Palestine’s” request to become the 194th member state:The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading Jewish human rights NGO, denounced today’s General Assembly vote which ...
It changes nothing on the ground. It gives Palestine membership in UNESCO, which was a body the US was so unconcerned about for many years that it wasn’t even a member. Victoria Nuland: Well, I think you know that this administration is committed to UNESCO, rejoined UNESCO, wants to ...
During his statement following a vote in which the United States vetoed a draft resolution for Palestine's full membership to the UN, Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, expressed profound disappointme...
Members of the United Nations Security Council vote on a Gaza resolution at the UN headquarters in New York City on Monday. The resolution was passed with 14 out of 15 votes. The US abstained. MINLU ZHANG/CHINA DAILY The much-awaited UN Security Council resolution to halt Gaza bloodshed was...
By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN
There are 193 members of the UN, all of them sovereign nations. A special category allows so-called observer states to participate in General Assembly meetings, but they cannot vote. The two observer states are the Holy See and Palestine. The Holy See, with the pope at its head, was gran...