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General Assembly vote paves pathway for Palestine's full UN membership
10 May 2024 16:42 BST
The vote at the UN General Assembly to back the granting of "new rights and privileges" to the State of Palestine has paved a pathway for Palestine to achieve full UN member status.
The resolution calls on the Security Council to reconsider the request for Palestine to become the 194th member of the United Nations. The United States vetoed a Security Council resolution on 18 April that would have paved way for full membership.
Palestine's permanent observer to the UN, Riyad Mansour, spoke of a day when Palestine "takes its rightful place among free nations".
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