General Assembly Vote on Palestine Status
Accordance of Non-Member Observer State Status in the UN
Voting by an overwhelming majority — 138 in favor to 9 against (Canada, Czech Republic, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia [Federated States of], Nauru, Panama, Palau, and United States), with 41 abstentions — the General Assembly today accorded Palestine non-Member Observer State status in the United Nations. “The moment has arrived for the world to say clearly: enough of aggression, settlements, and occupation,” said Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, as he called on the 193-member body to “issue a birth certificate of the reality of the State of Palestine.” Indeed, following Israel’s latest aggression against the Gaza Strip, the…
