The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution on Thursday that would have paved the way for full UN membership for the state of Palestine.
A general view shows a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution on Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for theThe vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions.
Before the vote, U.S. deputy State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said the United States has "been very clear consistently that premature actions in New York — even with the best intentions — will not achieve statehood for the Palestinian people." Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas first delivered the Palestinian Authority's application for U.N. membership to then-Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2011. That initial bid failed because the Palestinians didn't get the required minimum support of nine of the Security Council's 15 members.
Ziad Abu Amr, special representative of the Palestinian president, said adopting the resolution would grant the Palestinian people hope "for a decent life within an independent state." Amr asked the U.S. and other countries opposed to its U.N. membership how that could damage prospects for peace or harm international peace and security when they already recognize Israel and approved its U.N. membership.
Israeli U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan called the resolution "disconnected to the reality on the ground" and warned that it "will cause only destruction for years to come and harm any chance for future dialogue."
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