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UNGA backs Palestinian bid to become full UN member

cde.news desk 11 May 2024, 06:14 · 1 min read

The General Assembly adopts a resolution that "Determines that the State of Palestine is qualified for membership in the United Nations in accordance with Article 4 of the Charter of the United Nations and should therefore be admitted to membership in the United Nations". The Resolution was adopted by a recorded vote with 143 votes in favour, 9 against and 25 abstentions. At left at dais is Dennis Francis, President of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly, adopts the resolution.

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has backed a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member by recognising it as qualified to join and recommending the UN Security Council “reconsider the matter favourably”.

The vote by the 193-member UNGA on Friday was a global survey of support for the Palestinian bid to become a full UN member – a move that would effectively recognise a Palestinian state – after the United States vetoed it in the UN Security Council last month.

The resolution passed with 143 votes in favour and nine against while 25 countries abstained. The US and Israel voted against.

Earlier, EU chief foreign advisors said that some EU states will be recognising the state of Palestine.

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