A resolution was passed at the United Nations with an overwhelming majority supporting full Palestinian membership and urging the Security Council to “favorably consider” the offer, CNN reported.
The resolution received an overwhelming majority of 143 votes in favor on Friday, including India. 25 countries abstained, while nine countries, including Israel and the United States, voted against the text.
Other countries that voted against the resolution were: Czech Republic, Hungary, Argentina, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea.
The text submitted by the United Arab Emirates grants new privileges to the Palestinian Authority in its current capacity as a non-member observer state and calls on the UN Security Council – which must decide on Palestine’s membership – to “reconsider the matter”. favorably.”
“The State of Palestine is eligible for membership in the United Nations,” he claims.
Notably, India has always reiterated its stand for a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. While New Delhi has condemned any terrorist attack, including the October 7 attack by Hamas, it has also called on the Palestinians to create a homeland.
“We supported a negotiated two-state solution aimed at creating a sovereign, independent and viable state of Palestine within secure and recognized borders, living side by side in peace with Israel,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated in parliament in February.
In his remarks before Friday’s vote, Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour elaborated on the plight of Palestinians in war-torn Gaza.
Also Read
- Arvind Kejriwal granted interim bail till June 1 In Big Relief For AAP
- Maldivian Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer arrives in India
Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz quickly condemned the adoption of the resolution, calling it an “absurd decision” that highlights the “structural bias of the United Nations” and rewards the actions of Hamas on October 7.
Although only the member states can vote, the Palestinian Authority can now sit among the member states in alphabetical order, table and table motions and amendments, and co-table motions and amendments.
He may also make declarations and explanations of votes. He has the right to respond on behalf of the group within the United Nations. The Palestinian Authority may also request the submission of proposals for voting and request the inclusion of items on the provisional agenda of the UN General Assembly.
Mansour went on to say that the Palestinian Authority will now ask the Security Council for full membership.
However, the US has already warned that it is likely to veto such a request in the Security Council – a repeat of its April veto of an earlier Palestinian membership request.
