The United Nations General Assembly votes on a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member, which ultimately passed, at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday. Photograph: Sarah Yenesel/EPAbid to become a full UN member by recognising it as qualified to join and recommending the Security Council “reconsider the matter favourably”.
The General Assembly resolution “determines that the State of Palestine ... should therefore be admitted to membership” and it “recommends that the Security Council reconsider the matter favourably”.Gaza: Bombardment of Rafah continues as latest ceasefire talks end without deal “As long as so many of you are ‘Jew-hating,’ you don’t really care that the Palestinians are not ‘peace-loving,’” said Israeli UN ambassador Gilad Erdan, who spoke after Mansour. He accused the Assembly of shredding the UN Charter – as he used a small shredder to destroy a copy of the Charter while at the lectern.The ambassador said on Monday that, if the measure was approved, he expected the US to cut funding to the United Nations and its institutions, in accordance with American law.
The General Assembly resolution adopted on Friday does give the Palestinians some additional rights and privileges from September 2024 – like a seat among the UN members in the assembly hall – but they will not be granted a vote in the body.