Friday, May 27, 2011

Is this really relevant anymore? "US Veto means no UNSC recommendation .. No recommendation means no Palestine!"

" The president of the United Nations General Assembly said Friday there is no way that a Palestinian state could become a member of the United Nations without a recommendation from the Security Council. Joseph Deiss told a news conference that if the United States or any other permanent council member used its veto, the General Assembly would not be able to vote on membership for Palestine...."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Is the planned September vote for UN recognition of Palestine also a vote for UN membership? Because the two are different! For example, Switzerland has always been recognized by the UN, but only became a member relatively recently. No country can be forced to be a UN member, but that country would still have to be recognized by the UN.