STORY: The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly backed a bid by Palestine to become a full U.N. member Friday, ...
The resolution, which Israel rebuked and the US voted against, grants Palestine additional rights in the United Nations and ...
The United Nations General Assembly approved the resolution by a vote of 143 to 9 with 25 nations abstaining. The Assembly ...
According to the UN Charter, prospective members must be "peace-loving," and their admission requires a recommendation from ...
The Palestinian push for full UN membership comes seven months into a war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The results of a vote on a resolution for the UN Security ...
"We have consistently said that Israel and a future Palestinian state living peacefully side-by-side is the only durable and ...
The mission is run by the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited self-rule in the West Bank. Hamas ousted the ...
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 - after ...
The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly backed a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member by recognising it ...
UAE's permanent representative to the United Nations, Mohamed Abushahab, addressed the General Assembly before the vote, emphasizing the broad recognition of the legitimacy of Palestine's bid.
New Zealand has voted in favour of a resolution to broaden the Palestinian role at the United Nations General Assembly.