The United States vetoes Palestine’s entry into the UN as a full member

U.S vetoed this Thursday in the security advice the resolution that opened the door to the entry of Palestine as a full member of the United Nationsof which it is now just an observing state.

The resolution was presented by Algeria in the name of United Nations Arab Groupand received 12 votes in favor, against 2 abstentions (UK It is Swiss) and the vote against U.Swhich underscored the isolation of the United States from the majority of the international community.

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Even countries that were ambiguous during previous speeches (such as France, Japan, Korea It is Ecuador) finally acceded to the Palestinian request.

????URGENT. The United States VETOS in the Security Council the resolution that recommended the admission of #Palestine as a member state of the UN.

IN FAVOR: 12
AGAINST: 1 (United States)
ABSTENTION: 2 (United Kingdom and Switzerland) pic.twitter.com/vU6WjV8qta

—UN News (@NoticiasONU) April 18, 2024

Having exceeded the 9 votes necessary for its approval, all that was left was the veto to stop the resolution, and the United States had already said this Thursday that it would exercise this prerogative in favor of its ally, Israelwhich strongly opposes a Palestinian state.

It’s the fourth time since the last October 7th that the United States uses its veto in favor of Israel: to date, it has vetoed three resolutions calling for an immediate ceasefire in Link with arguments such as that they did not recognize Israel’s right to defend itself or that a truce would only serve to rearm the Hamas.

Today’s resolution raised enormous expectations and, in fact, they began to New York the heads of diplomacy Spain, Will, Algeria, Jordan, malt, Brazil, Bolivia any Colombiain addition to representatives from sixty other countries, all of them supporters of the Palestinian request.

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Like Israel, the United States argues that the proclamation of a Palestinian state should be carried out as a result of bilateral negotiations with Israel, and not imposed unilaterally.

To this end, the envoy of the Palestinian Presidency Ziad Abu Amr remembered today before him security advice This is how Israel entered the UN: result of a resolution, number 181, which was voted in 1948, and since then it has been a full member state.

Source: Elcomercio

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