Is Washington punishing the United Nations for adopting the "Palestine membership" resolution?
Afrasianet - The overwhelming majority in the world supports granting Palestine full membership in the United Nations, and only a small
If we wanted to be guided by the slogans of Western democracy, Palestine should have gained full membership in the United Nations, not today, but a long time ago. This is theoretically, of course, but practically, we all know, and for a long time as well, that Western countries, led by the United States, trample on their slogans when the implementation conflicts with their interests.
This is what Washington is doing today.. It stands alone and isolated in the face of human rights in Palestine, and in support of the continuation of occupation, killing, destruction and displacement.
The American administration finds no embarrassment in this position.. It has always occupied and continues to occupy countries.. It has always killed and continues to kill, it has always destroyed and displaced.
Ask Hiroshima and Nagasaki about America, and ask Korea, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya and others..
This is the true face of American policy, and Washington's position in the United Nations General Assembly is nothing but a reflection of that.
The Palestinian Authority has formally asked the UN Security Council to reconsider its 2011 application to become a full member of the United Nations, raising questions about whether Palestine can achieve full membership.
The goal is for the council to make a decision at a ministerial meeting on the Middle East on April 18, Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour said. What is the current status of the Palestinians at the UN? Palestine is a non-member state at the UN with observer status, the same as the Vatican.
The 193-member UN General Assembly approved de facto recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine in November 2012 by upgrading its observer status at the international organization from “entity” to “non-member state,” with 138 votes in favor, 9 against, and 41 abstentions.
What happened to the Palestinian application in 2011? A UN Security Council committee evaluated the Palestinian application for several weeks to see if it met the requirements for UN membership.
But the committee was unable to reach a unanimous position, and the Security Council has not formally voted on a resolution on Palestinian membership. Diplomats said the Palestinians lacked the minimum nine votes needed to adopt the resolution, and even if they got enough support the United States has said it would veto the move.
What happened this year?
Last May, the General Assembly overwhelmingly endorsed Palestine’s bid to become a full member of the United Nations by recognizing it as an eligible state and recommending that the Security Council “reconsider favorably the matter.”
The resolution granted the Palestinians some additional rights and privileges starting in September 2024, such as a seat among the UN membership in the Assembly Hall.
The General Assembly vote in May was a global test of support for Palestine’s bid to become a full member, a move that would effectively recognize a Palestinian state, after the United States vetoed it in the Security Council in April.
But the 15-member Security Council did not adopt the General Assembly’s recommendation, and so the status quo remained, with Palestine retaining observer status and not gaining full membership.