At the United Nations, India voted in support of Palestine’s bid to become a full member. The draft resolution of the United Nations General Assembly states that Palestine is eligible to become a full member of the United Nations. Therefore, it should be accepted as a full member of the United Nations. The draft also recommended that the Security Council reconsider the matter “in a favorable manner”.
On Friday (May 10), Palestine voted to become a member of the United Nations. An emergency special session of the 193-member General Assembly was held in the morning. Where the proposal ‘admission of new members to the United Nations’ was presented by the United Arab Emirates in support of the full membership of the State of Palestine. A total of 143 members, including India, voted in favor of Palestine in the United Nations General Assembly. There were 9 votes against it. The United States and Israel are involved in the opposition to making Palestine a full member, while 25 countries abstained from this vote. The UNGA hall erupted in applause after the vote was cast. However, Palestine has not yet become a member, only to prove that Palestine is qualified to do so.
UN General Assembly voted to permit Palestine to apply for full membership.
The Israeli Ambassador shred the UN Charter at the UN.
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The State of Palestine is eligible for membership in the United Nations in accordance with Article 4 of the Charter of the United Nations. Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said earlier this month that Palestine’s application for membership in the United Nations was not approved by the Security Council due to a veto in the UNSC. Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said that, here I would like to say that Palestine’s efforts to become a member of the United Nations will be supported. An annex to the resolution states that the additional rights and privileges of the State of Palestine will take effect from the 79th session of the General Assembly.
In a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in April, Palestine requested that its application for full membership of the United Nations be reconsidered. To grant a state full membership of the United Nations, its application must be approved by the Security Council and the General Assembly, where a two-thirds majority of members present and voting is required to admit the state as a full member.
Last month, the United States vetoed a Security Council resolution to grant Palestine full membership in the United Nations. Palestine is currently a “Non-Member Observer State” in the United Nations. He was given this status by the Mahasabha in 2012. Palestine can participate in the proceedings of the world body as a “non-member observer state”, but it cannot vote on resolutions. The Holy See, represented by the Vatican, is the only other non-member observer state in the United Nations.
