Exclusive: Intense negotiations under way as Penny Wong backs two-state solution after meeting Germany’s Annalena Baerbock
Germany’s Annalena Baerbock and Australia’s Penny Wong have ‘discussed how the international community can help build momentum towards a lasting peace’ amid the Israel-Gaza war.Germany’s Annalena Baerbock and Australia’s Penny Wong have ‘discussed how the international community can help build momentum towards a lasting peace’ amid the Israel-Gaza war.
Under UN rules, full membership of the global body can only be granted with the support of both the security council and two-thirds of the general assembly. Contentiously, however, the draft resolution would also “confer upon the State of Palestine the rights and privileges necessary to ensure its full and effective participation in the sessions and work of the general assembly” and other UN conferences “on equal footing with member states”.
This is because those rights appear to take effect regardless of whether the security council revisits the membership issue. South Korea – which, like Australia, is a key US ally in the Indo-Pacific region – said the vote signalled “our view that renewed and strengthened efforts are needed to revitalise the path toward the two-state solution”.In Melbourne on Wednesday, Australian and South Korean ministers “discussed how the international community can help build momentum towards a lasting peace” and how Seoul’s UN vote “reflected this aspiration”, according to a readout of the meeting.
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