According to Notícias ao Minuto, the sources, who asked not to be identified, told the France-Presse news agency on Tuesday night that the vote will coincide with a meeting of the body on the situation in the Gaza Strip. This meeting of the Security Council, planned several weeks ago, is expected to be attended by diplomats from several Arab countries. On Tuesday evening, the representation of Palestine with of the UN published on the social network X a text in which the Arab countries demonstrated “full support” for the Palestinian request. of the Arab group (…). At the very least, we implore Council members not to obstruct this essential initiative”, they stated. Algeria’s draft resolution only recommends that the UN General Assembly admit “the State of Palestine as member of the United Nations”, something that requires a two-thirds majority. According to the Palestinian Authority, 137 of the 193 UN member states unilaterally recognize the State of Palestine. However, a country’s accession to the UN can only go to a vote in the General Assembly, following a recommendation from the Security Council, where the United States, Israel’s allies, can use veto power. Last week, the US deputy ambassador to the UN, Robert Wood, admitted to the journalists that the American position has not changed and full recognition of Palestine should be negotiated bilaterally between Israel and the Palestinians, not at the UN, although it did not explicitly say that Washington would veto it. Palestine has been considered an observer state at the UN since 2012 , a status it shares with the Vatican. In 2021, he requested entry as a full member.
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