International Courant
HAMILTON, Canada
The UN Safety Council’s president introduced on Monday that the council has agreed to formally refer Palestine’s membership software to the “Committee on the Admission of New Members.”
Talking to the press after a closed-door session on Palestine’s membership bid, Malta’s UN envoy Vanessa Frazier, and present Safety Council head, stated the Council agreed to formally refer Palestine’s request for reconsideration for its membership software, however added that any member might suggest a draft decision throughout this course of.
“The Committee on Admissions will focus on what was obtained within the letter, which is for the Safety Council to offer renewed consideration to their 2011 software for membership within the United Nations throughout April,” Frazier added.
Commenting on Palestine’s membership bid, Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s everlasting consultant to the UN, stated they didn’t consider the committee wanted to re-evaluate Palestine’s membership software as a result of it had already been evaluated in 2011.
He stated they’ve determined to offer the committee a restricted timeframe.
When requested about Russia’s place on Israel’s opposition to Palestine’s membership, Nebenzia responded, “They (Israel) reject the two-state answer as properly.”
For his half, US Deputy UN Ambassador Robert Wooden spoke to reporters earlier than the UN Safety Council’s closed-door session wherein Palestine’s membership software can be reconsidered.
The US place on Palestine’s bid has not modified, Wooden stated, including, “Our place is that the problem of full Palestinian membership is a call that ought to be negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians.”
Wooden, recalling that the problem can also be addressed within the Oslo Accords, stated, “They should work out an settlement, and that is how full membership ought to come about.”
Palestine’s UN membership bid
In 2011, Palestine submitted a bid to change into a full UN member however didn’t safe the required assist from Safety Council members.
Nevertheless, Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour introduced on April 2 that he had despatched a letter to UN Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres, requesting that their membership software be reconsidered.
On April 3, Guterres wrote a letter to the UN Safety Council calling for the consideration of Palestine’s request.
The method of admitting new UN members has begun within the Safety Council. Following discussions, the council is anticipated to refer the matter to the “Committee on the Admission of New Members.”
If the committee responds positively, the UN Safety Council should vote, with none of its everlasting members exercising their veto energy and at the very least 9 out of 15 members voting “in favor” of a constructive consequence.
If the council approves, the matter is referred to the UN Common Meeting. Membership approval within the 193-member UN Common Meeting requires a two-thirds majority vote.
Since 1974, Palestine has been taking part on the UN as an observer.
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