2024-04-09 09:35:02
(AFP, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 8th) The United Nations Security Council said today that it will make a decision this month on Palestine’s application to become a full member of the United Nations. It is generally believed that this application is unlikely to be approved due to the opposition of the United States.
As the fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza region enters its seventh month, the UN Security Council will conduct the trial, which the Palestinians regard as Israel angrily condemned the move as a “historic” one.
“The Security Council has decided that this review must be held in April,” Vanessa Frazier, Malta’s ambassador to the United Nations, which holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council, announced.
To become a full member of the United Nations, you must first pass the Security Council and then obtain the support of the United Nations General Assembly. But Israel’s ally, the United States, holds veto power in the Security Council.
Palestine has enjoyed observer status in the United Nations since 2012 and has been striving to become a full member state for many years. Once this is achieved, it will be equivalent to the recognition of Palestinian statehood.
After Palestine resubmitted its application for full United Nations membership last week, which it submitted in 2011, the Security Council established an interim committee to begin the review process. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian representative to the United Nations, told reporters: “Today is a historic moment.”
Mansour also said at the United Nations General Assembly: “All we ask for is to have our rightful place in the community of nations, to be treated equally with other nations and nations, and to live in freedom, dignity, and freedom in our ancestral lands. Live in peace and security.”
However, observers predict that the United States, which has opposed Palestine becoming a full member of the United Nations since 2011, will also use its veto power this time.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said: “Our position is well known and has not changed. But we will continue to work to find a path toward a two-state solution.”
Under U.S. law, the U.S. must stop funding any U.N. agency that grants full membership status to the Palestinian state. However, in the past, the United States sometimes enforced the law selectively.
Washington reiterated that the United Nations was not the forum for a detailed resolution of Palestinian statehood, stressing that the issue should be resolved through an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, criticized at the United Nations General Assembly: “The Security Council is now not dealing with the designation of Hamas as a terrorist organization, but is busy discussing whether to recognize the ‘Palestinian Nazi’ (Palestinian Nazi) state. This will The most despicable reward for the most despicable crime.”
Erden also said: “The Security Council is considering allowing the perpetrators and supporters of the October 7 (Hamas attack on Israel) to obtain full membership of the United Nations. Just discussing this matter is already an issue in itself. A victory for genocidal terror.”
According to Israeli statistics, a total of 1,170 people, mostly civilians, were killed by Hamas militants; more than 250 Israelis and foreigners were held hostage by Hamas, and 129 of them have not yet been released.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Health in the Hamas-ruled Gaza region, Israel’s retaliatory attacks there have killed at least 33,207 people, mostly women and children.
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