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The United State has vetoed against the state of Palestine joining the UN. The decision of the Security Council’s decision to recognise Palestine as a full member state of the UN was resisted by the US yesterday.Remember that the Palestine state is still regarded as ‘NON OBSERVER MEMBER’ of the UN after they applied in 2011.Come, let me show you the event that shaped the whole meeting in New York.
Twelve countries voted in favour of the resolution, which was brought for a vote during an hours-long Security Council session in New York on Thursday, while two others – Britain and Switzerland – abstained.
Britain’s ambassador affirmed support for a two-state solution for the Israelis and Palestinians, saying the Palestinians need a credible and irreversible route to a state.
“We believe that such recognition of Palestinian statehood should not come at the start of a new process, but it doesn’t have to be at the very end of the process,” Barbara Woodward said. “We must start with fixing the immediate crisis in Gaza.”
Switzerland’s envoy, Pascale Baeriswyl, said Palestinian membership should be considered at a future stage once there is peace.
U.N. membership begins in the Security Council and if the council recommends admission, it then goes to the full 193-member General Assembly for a vote. A new state needs a two-thirds majority of votes to win admission.
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After vetoing the measure, the US deputy envoy to the UN, Robert Wood, said Washington believes there is no other path to Palestinian statehood than through negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.
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“It remains the U.S. view that the most expeditious path toward statehood for the Palestinian people is through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority with the support of the United States and other partners,” said U.S. Deputy U.N. Ambassador Robert Wood.
He also expressed concern about unresolved questions as to whether the Palestinians meet the criteria to be considered a state.
“We have long called on the Palestinian Authority to undertake necessary reforms to help establish the attributes of readiness for statehood and note that Hamas – a terrorist organization – is currently exerting power and influence in Gaza, an integral part of the state envisioned in this resolution,” he said.
Despite the U.S. veto, the Palestinians had the support of the majority of council members.
“For Guyana, at its core, the Palestinian question is a question of justice,” Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett said. “Thus far, justice has been delayed and, therefore, justice has been denied to the people of Palestine for more than seven decades.”
Algeria, as the representative of the Arab bloc of nations on the council, put forward the failed two-paragraph draft resolution recommending “to the General Assembly that the State of Palestine be admitted to membership in the United Nations.”
“This is an historic right that has not been implemented,” Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf said. “And the lack of implementation of this right is the cause of the prolongation of this Arab-Israeli conflict. This is the cause of the lack of security and safety in our region – a region that has not known peace for over 70 years.”
Russia’s ambassador said based on “all moral imperatives” the Palestinians’ aspirations for membership should be met.
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