The Palestinians failed to pass a major hurdle in their renewed effort to seek full United Nations membership on Thursday when the United States vetoed a Security Council resolution recommending ...
(Bloomberg) -- The US vetoed a bid to make Palestine a full-fledged member of the United Nations, rebuffing a Palestinian push to gain broader international recognition. Twelve of 15 Security ...
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The US has blocked a Palestinian bid to be recognised as a full member state at the United Nations. Twelve of the 15-member Security Council were in favour, Britain and Switzerland abstained, but ...
U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood votes against a resolution allowing Palestinian UN membership at United Nations headquarters in New York City, on April 18, 2024. Fatih Aktas / Anadolu via ...
The US vetoed Palestine’s application for full membership in the UN on Thursday. The veto came as the UN Security Council considered a resolution put forward by Algeria that would have granted ...
Palestinian attempts for recognition as a full member state began in 2011. Palestine is currently a non-member observer state, a status that was granted in November 2012 by the UN General Assembly.
The draft resolution aimed to elevate Palestine from its status as a "non-member observer state" to full membership in the United Nations, potentially making it the 194th member. With ...
Robert Wood, deputy permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations, vetoes the Palestinian bid for admission as a member state of the United Nations at the U.N. Security Council ...
The UN Security Council is gearing up for another showdown likely to feature a US veto, this time over the question of full Palestinian membership of the United Nations. In 2012, the UN General ...