UN Assembly voted in favor of Palestine becoming a state

An overwhelming majority of 143 States, of the 193 members of the UNasked the General Assembly again today to reconsider the integration of Palestine as a State with full rights, a decision that is the responsibility of the Security Council.

Only nine countries voted against (including the USA, Israel, Argentina, Hungary and the Czech Republic) and 25 abstained, in this resolution which was co-sponsored by Spain, Ireland, Norway and Belgium, along with more than seventy countries. European Union coordination was once again called into question.

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The resolution approved by the Assembly also gives Palestine new powers that go beyond its current status as a “non-member observer state” and that define its participation in the general meetingbut specifies that she will not have the right to vote nor will she be able to run as a candidate for United Nations organizations.

In the text approved today, the Assembly declares that the State of Palestine “is qualified for membership at the UN in accordance with article 4 of the founding charter and must therefore be admitted as a member of the United Nations”; Consequently, it “recommends that the Security Council reconsider the matter favorably”.

The Council has already rejected Palestine’s full membership on April 18, with the only vote blocking U.S, while twelve members of the Council supported and two abstained; In other words, an indefinite period is now opening in which the Council can return to the matter, without the slightest clarity regarding the calendar.

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The majority reached today by the resolution in favor of Palestine It is much higher than the two-thirds required, but little higher than what Palestine’s entry as an Observer State achieved in 2012, which then had 138 votes in favor and also 9 against.

This difference is explained by the tensions caused in recent days by the demand by Palestine and the Arab countries that the resolution voted on today included the right to vote for Palestine, which was poorly received even among European countries in favor of Palestineas European diplomatic sources told EFE.

U.Swho has exerted constant pressure in recent days, denounced that this first draft meant “mocking the Security Council” and the founding charter of the UN with its rules, which also created a dangerous precedent, hence the final version of the resolution was appropriately lowered.

Tears in front of a paper shredder

Today’s session had its dramatic moments, such as when the Palestinian ambassador, Riyad Mansour, recalled that the Palestinian flag “flies high and proud in Palestine and around the world and on the campus of Columbia University”, when his voice broke.

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Mansour claimed his right to a Palestinian state what “It cannot depend on Israel’s veto nor is it negotiable”, and stressed that today’s vote was historic in nature.

Mansour was succeeded on stage by the combative Israeli ambassador, Gilad Erdan, a fan of theatrical coups, who said that a session like today’s meant the end of the principles that inspired the creation of the UNand to illustrate, he took a small paper shredder where he presented the founding charter of the United Nations.

Shortly before, he had held up a photo of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (believed to be hiding somewhere in Gaza) in front of delegates and said that granting Palestine statehood meant he would be its new president, as it amounted to “giving all privileges to the future terrorist state of Hamas,” he warned.

Source: Elcomercio

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