The U. N. General Assembly is expected to vote Friday to revive the Palestinian bid for full U. N. membership and grant it more rights within the world body, weeks after the U. S. vetoed an earlier bid for the U. N. Security Council.
The General Assembly will vote on a draft solution that would ask the Security Council to “reconsider the matter favorably,” as the Palestinian state would want the council’s approval and a two-thirds majority in the General Assembly for a full member.
The draft solution recognizes that the Palestinian state qualifies to be part of the full club and is expected to be approved by a large majority of the 193-member General Assembly, the Associated Press reported.
The solution also seeks to grant Palestinians “additional rights and privileges” at the UN, adding the right, among other member countries, to the General Assembly Hall.
The draft solution would also spell out “deep concern” over the U. S. veto of an earlier solution calling for a full Palestinian club last month.
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According to the Palestinian Authority, the final draft abandons previous language that granted Palestinians the opportunity to participate in the General Assembly and other UN bodies on “equal footing with member countries. “This is said to have been done to calm considerations in China and Russia about the solution. setting a precedent for countries such as Taiwan and Kosovo, respectively. The updated draft notes that Palestinian representatives “will not have the right to vote in the General Assembly” or “present their candidacy” for any of the key UN bodies.
In 2012, an overwhelming majority of the General Assembly voted in favour of a solution that would give the Palestinian state the status of a non-member observer state. Only nine members of the framework voted against the measure, adding the United States and Israel. The symbolic move strengthened Palestinian officials’ ability to legally challenge Israel’s moves in foreign forums such as the International Criminal Court.
In a statement issued late Thursday, the Palestinian Observer Mission to the U. N. suggested that other members support the resolution, saying it “would be a clear reaffirmation of support, at this critical time, for the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination. “, including “the right to an independent State” and constitute “a tangible investment in preserving the two-State solution”.
Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, criticized the solution in an earlier post this week, saying: “The Palestinians are once again reaping benefits from the automatic political majority and ethical decay of the UN. . . If the solution passes, “This doesn’t replace anything in the field. This will only show how disconnected the UN is from the truth and how it rewards terrorism. “
The United States also expressed opposition to the vote. Robert Wood, deputy ambassador to the U. N. , called it “an effort by some Arab and Palestinian countries” to circumvent the established procedure for obtaining the full U. N. club. U. S. law prohibits the federal government from investing in any U. N. company that grants an entire club to a Palestinian state. Under this law, Washington cut off investments to UNESCO in 2011 after the framework granted the club to the Palestinians. In his post X, Erdan alluded to this by saying, “I hope that the United States will absolutely prevent investment in the UN and its institutions in accordance with U. S. law. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said he had joined 24 other Republican senators in introducing legislation to “limit the budget to the United Nations and other organizations that grant prestige, rights or privileges beyond the prestige of observers in the Palestine Liberation Organization. “Romney said, “The United States does not give credibility to an organization that actively promotes and rewards terrorism. “
U. N. General Assembly to back Palestinian bid to form club (Reuters)
U. S. vetoes broadly backed solution in favor of Palestine’s entire club at U. N. (Associated Press)
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