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UN votes for Palestine membership
143 votes for, 9 against full membership
Symbolic move due to US veto

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UN General Assembly votes in favor of Palestinian membership

Name: UN General Assembly votes in favor of Palestinian membership
Uploaded: 2024-05-10T22:04:32.000+05:30
Duration: T00M25S
Channel: AFP
Description: The resolution, which states that the Palestinians should be admitted to the UN and grants them some additional rights as observers, received 143 votes for, 9 against and 25 abstentions.

This comes as a symbolic move due to the United States' veto in the Security Council.

Updated: Sep 02, 2022 10:53

AFP

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UN General Assembly votes in favor of Palestinian membership

The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Friday in support of a Palestinian bid for full membership of the organization, a symbolic move due to the United States' veto in the Security Council.

The resolution, which states that the Palestinians should be admitted to the UN and grants them some additional rights as observers, received 143 votes for, 9 against and 25 abstentions.