Any request to become UN member state must first earn a recommendation from Security Council — meaning at least nine positive votes out of 15, and no vetoes — and then be endorsed by a two-thirds majority of General Assembly.
The United Nations Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East , including the Palestinian question, at UN headquarters in New York City on April 18, 2024. / Photo: AFP
Thursday's vote came more than six months into Israel's military invasion in the besieged Palestinian territory that has left nearly 34,000 Palestinians dead — mostly babies, women and children — and wounded over 76,770. Before the vote, US deputy State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said the United States has"been very clear consistently that premature actions in New York — even with the best intentions — will not achieve statehood for the Palestinian people."
Thursday's resolution would have recommended that the 193-member General Assembly, where there are no vetoes, approve Palestine becoming the 194th member of the United Nations.
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