US vetoes Palestine’s bid for full membership
The U.S. has vetoed a U.N. Security Council draft resolution demanding Palestine’s full membership in the United Nations.
The 15-member council gathered in New York to vote on a draft resolution authored by Algeria recommending the admission of the State of Palestine.
Twelve countries voted in favor with two abstentions, including the U.K. and Switzerland.
The U.S. was the lone dissenter.
Before the vote, Algeria’s envoy to the U.N. Amar Bendjama said it is time for Palestine to take its rightful place among the community of nations.
He said U.N. membership will provide a fundamental expression to Palestinian self-determination.
Palestine was accepted as an observer state of the U.N. General Assembly in 2012, allowing its envoy to participate in debates and U.N. organizations but without a vote.
States are admitted to membership in the U.N. by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council, according to its charter.
A council resolution needs at least nine votes in favor and no vetoes by the permanent members — US, Britain, France, Russia or China — to pass.
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