2024-04-22 21:09:24
The United States used its veto power in a Security Council vote on the Palestinians’ request to join the United Nations as a full state, a possibility that Israel rejects.
The draft resolution presented by Algeria and which recommended to the General Assembly “that the State of Palestine be admitted as a member of the United Nations” obtained 12 votes in favor, one against and two abstentions.
The Palestinian Authority protested the veto. “This aggressive US policy towards Palestine, its people and their legitimate rights represents a flagrant attack on international law and an incitement to continue the genocidal war against our people,” declared the office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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This rejection “will not break our will, it will not stop our determination. We will not stop our efforts. The State of Palestine is inevitable, it is real,” concluded the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, in a speech that caused tears in the Council room.
For several weeks, the Palestinians, who have had the minor status of “non-member observer state” since 2012, and the Arab countries have been insisting that the Security Council accept that a “Palestinian State” would occupy its “rightful” place in the United Nations. United.
Despite the American veto, the “overwhelming” support of the members of the Council “sends a very clear message: the State of Palestine deserves its place” in the UN, considered the Algerian ambassador, Amar Bendjama, promising on behalf of the Arab Group to return to submit the petition later.
For a State to become a full member of the UN, the initiative must first be recommended by the Security Council with at least nine votes in favor, out of a total of 15, and no veto. It then requires the support of a two-thirds majority of the General Assembly.
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The United States, which has the power to veto proposals as a permanent member of the Council, has repeatedly stated that its position has not changed since 2011, when another accession request presented by Abbas failed in the face of American opposition.
The last time a state was vetoed into the UN was in 1976, when the Americans blocked Vietnam’s accession.
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2024-04-22 21:09:24