Inclusion of Palestine in the UN? The relevant committee is “unable” to reach an agreement

The “committee on the accession of new members”, an ad hoc structure of the United Nations Security Council that examines the request for the accession of the Palestinian Authority as a full member state, “is unable to submit a unanimous recommendation” on whether and to what extent they are fulfilled the criteria, as “differing opinions” were expressed, records her report which came to the knowledge of the Reuters news agency yesterday Tuesday. Meanwhile, in Seoul, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said today that she did not expect a draft resolution to be drawn up recommending that Palestine become a full member state of the UN, which supporters of the idea say would contribute to proceed with the so-called two-state solution. Ms Thomas-Greenfield made the statement during a press conference when asked if Washington would support the request. The Palestinian Authority is nevertheless expected to push for a vote in the SA, possibly tomorrow Thursday, on a draft resolution recommending that the state become a full member, according to […]
Source: News Beast

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