NY.-The UN Emergency Common Meeting authorised incorporating the State of Palestine as a full member by 143 votes in favor, 9 in opposition to and 25 abstentions.
Voting in favor, amongst different nations: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Iran, Eire, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, Uruguay, Yemen and Venezuela.
The 9 votes in opposition to: Argentina, Czech Republic, United States, Hungary, Israel, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and Papua.
The 25 abstentions on the time of voting: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Fiji, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Latvia, Italy, Lithuania, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Kingdom of the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Moldova , Paraguay, Romania, Vanuatu, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Sweden, Switzerland.
The draft decision urged the Safety Council to rethink the veto issued by america, the authorized impediment that forestalls Palestine from occupying a seat within the UN with the proper to talk and vote.
Within the present context of the state of affairs within the Center East, this diplomatic area can be within the arms of the Hamas terrorist group that controls Gaza and the Palestinian Nationwide Authority, which nonetheless administers the West Financial institution.
Earlier than the vote, the consultant of Palestine on the UN, Riyad Mansour, requested approval of the mission with a speech that aimed to query Israel’s legitimacy of attacking the Gaza Strip, following the terrorist assault dedicated by Hamas on October 7 of 2023.
“We would like freedom and justice for peace,” mentioned Ambassador Mansour with out referring to the fixed assaults by Hamas. And he added: “Israel dedicated a bloodbath in Palestine, they don’t need us to exist.”
Subsequent, the Israeli ambassador, Gilad Erdan, took the ground, condemning – prematurely – the vote in favor of Palestine. “Immediately they’ll promote a Palestinian terrorist state. This week the Holocaust was remembered, and simply this week, you might have determined to honor trendy terrorists. How can they be so blind,” mentioned Ambassador Erdan.
And he concluded: “They’re going to grant privileges and rights to the long run terrorist state of Hamas, to the Hitlers of our occasions. I mentioned (Yahya) Sinwar, (terrorist chief working from Gaza). He will likely be president of Palestine.”
The draft Decision that was mentioned within the Emergency Common Meeting was co-sponsored by greater than 40 nations, together with Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Honduras, Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela, China, Spain, Lebanon, Jordan , Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, South Africa and Kuwait.
On April 18, the Safety Council mentioned a request from Algeria proposing to include Palestine as a full member of the UN. This initiative had 12 votes in favor, one in opposition to (United States) and two abstentions (United Kingdom and Switzerland).
The US’ refusal blocked Palestine’s entry, and decided that the draft Algerian Decision reached the Emergency Common Meeting. The US vetoes as a result of it considers that the popularity of Palestine as a full state must be the consequence of a peace settlement with Israel.Infobae.
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2024-05-14 13:43:29