UN General Assembly recommends Security Council consider making Palestine a UN member state

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution recommending that the Security Council once again consider admitting Palestine as a full member of the United Nations.

The resolution was supported by 143 states; Nine states, including Argentina, Hungary, Israel, the Czech Republic and the United States, voted against; 25 states abstained. The adoption of the resolution was greeted with applause in the General Assembly Hall.

The document includes nine clauses. In addition to the recommendation to the Security Council to discuss the admission of Palestine to the UN, the text contains the idea that Palestine should benefit from a number of procedural rights of a full member state “at exceptional title and without creating a precedent”. In particular, Palestine will be able to register on the list of speakers for meetings on the Middle East issue, propose amendments and make procedural proposals on behalf of a group of countries. At the same time, the document emphasizes that Palestine will remain an observer state and will therefore not have the right to vote in the General Assembly, and its representatives will not be able to propose their candidacy to UN bodies.

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution recommending that the Security Council once again consider admitting Palestine as a full member of the United Nations.

The resolution was supported by 143 states; Nine states, including Argentina, Hungary, Israel, the Czech Republic and the United States, voted against; 25 states abstained. The adoption of the resolution was greeted with applause in the General Assembly Hall.

The document includes nine clauses. In addition to the recommendation to the Security Council to discuss the admission of Palestine to the UN, the text contains the idea that Palestine should benefit from a number of procedural rights of a full member state “at exceptional title and without creating a precedent”. In particular, Palestine will be able to register on the list of speakers for meetings on the Middle East issue, propose amendments and make procedural proposals on behalf of a group of countries. At the same time, the document emphasizes that Palestine will remain an observer state and will therefore not have the right to vote in the General Assembly, and its representatives will not be able to propose their candidacy to UN bodies.

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