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Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour urged the Safety Council to 'transfer ahead itself to implement the worldwide consensus on a two-state answer'.
The President of the United Nations Safety Council has referred the Palestinian Authority's (PA) utility for Palestine to turn out to be a full member of the world physique to its Membership Committee.
The 15-member committee is predicted to decide on the standing of Palestine this month, mentioned Malta's UN Ambassador Vanessa Frazier, who additionally proposed that the committee meet on Monday to think about the appliance.
Malta is President of the Safety Council for April.
Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour advised reporters in New York that the PA totally expects that after 12 years as an observer state on the UN, the Safety Council will implement the worldwide consensus on a two-state answer by admitting the state. Will increase herself up for. Palestine for full membership”.
Final week, the PA formally requested for a contemporary consideration by the Safety Council of its 2011 utility to turn out to be a full member of the world physique. The Palestinians are a non-member observer state within the United Nations, which has the identical standing because the Holy See.
Reporting from UN headquarters in New York, Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo mentioned the PA's membership bid is “transferring ahead” and highlighted that this is a vital and symbolic second for Palestine.
“That is solely the second time that Palestine has been in a position to get this far in its bid for full UN membership. “It basically failed within the Standing Committee of the Safety Council final time in 2011 due to the US menace to veto it if it ever got here to a vote,” he mentioned.
He mentioned that for any nation to turn out to be a full member of the United Nations, the constitution of the worldwide physique states that the nation's membership should first be accepted by the Safety Council after which it should obtain the help of two-thirds of the 190 members. Can be required. United Nations Common Meeting.
“Palestine is believed to have help within the Common Meeting. That is pretty extensively accepted. The difficulty is within the Safety Council, … the place any of the 5 everlasting members may veto it, and that may carry the method to a halt,'' Elizondo mentioned.
Safety Council approval requires not less than 9 votes in favor and no veto by the US, Russia, China, France or Britain.
Earlier on Monday, the Safety Council met behind closed doorways to debate the PA's letter.
Mansour advised Reuters final week that the council aimed to take a call on the Center East at an April 18 ministerial assembly.
Israel's UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan mentioned that recognition of a Palestinian state can be a menace to Israel's nationwide safety.
“Granting Palestinian statehood just isn’t solely a gross violation of the UN Constitution, but it surely additionally violates the elemental precept {that a} answer, a everlasting answer, must be reached on the negotiating desk,” Erdan advised reporters on Monday. “Everybody can perceive.”
“The United Nations has been damaging peace within the Center East for years, however as we speak marks the start of the purpose of no return,” he mentioned.