Palestinian Authority Is Serious About Full UN Membership
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Roshan Amiri
- . August 11, 2022
- . Update: August 11, 2022 8:39 pm
Palestine– While there are chances that America might block the move, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is determined to becoming a full member of the United Nations. In the year 2012, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of the “state of Palestine” when it upgraded the PA’s UN observer status to non-member state.
Any country’s introduction to the UN Security Council means there has to be approval by the United States or any other country like Russia and China that have the veto power to disapprove the introduction. This will be an important step for PL as this would mean complete recognition of PL’s statehood at an international level.
“We know that we are going to face a US veto but that won’t prevent us from presenting our application for full UN membership, PA foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki was quoted as speaking to the media. It is confirmed that the PA will begin lobbying Security Council members with a view to presenting the application for UN membership in “a few weeks,” said Maliki.
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