A General Assembly resolution in support of Palestinian membership and granting new procedural rights passed with 143 votes ...
The UN General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new 'rights and privileges' to Palestine and called on the Security Council to favourably reconsider its request to become the ...
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday backed a Palestinian bid to become a full U.N. member by recognizing it as ...
The U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would grant Palestine new “rights and privileges” ...
A United Nations resolution in support of Palestinian membership passed ... and explanations of votes, and has the right to reply on behalf of a group within the UN. It can also request proposals ...
The vote was a resounding expression of world opinion in favour of Palestinian statehood while Israel delivered a fiery ...
Palestinian ... vote Friday on a resolution that would grant new "rights and privileges" to Palestine and call on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become the 194th ...
The vote by the 193-member General Assembly was a global survey of support for the Palestinian bid to become a full UN member — a move that would effectively recognize a Palestinian state ...
The UN General Assembly ... their request to have a Palestinian state become the 194th member of the United Nations. Canada was one of 25 nations to abstain from the vote on Friday.
While a General Assembly vote cannot confer UN membership, the approved resolution does endow the Palestinian Authority with new procedural rights and privileges. Only member states can vote ...