UN assembly approves resolution granting new rights to Palestine and relaunching its bid for UN membership
The United Nations General Assembly voted by a large majority to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to reconsider Palestine’s request to become the 194th member of the United Nations.
The world body approved the Arab-Palestinian-sponsored resolution by 143 votes to 9, with 25 abstentions. The United States voted against it, as did Israel.
The United Nations General Assembly determines that the State of Palestine “is eligible and should be admitted as a member of the United Nations.”
It further recommends that the Security Council reconsider the matter.
The vote reflected broad global support for Palestine’s full membership in the United Nations, with many countries expressing outrage over the situation in Gaza, fears of a large-scale Israeli offensive in Rafah.
While the resolution grants Palestine some new rights and privileges, it reaffirms that it remains a non-member observer state, without being a full member of the UN and without having the right to vote in the General Assembly or in the one of his lectures.