On the evening of May 10, Beijing time, the United Nations General Assembly was held, and the main topic of the meeting was "Palestine as a new member of the United Nations". In this voting session, 143 countries voted in favour of Palestine as a new Member of the United Nations General Assembly, in addition to 9 votes against and 25 abstentions. According to the rules of the Conference, a resolution has been adopted if two thirds of the countries vote in favour. The next step is to wait for the Security Council to reconsider the "application for Palestinian membership".
After seeing this news, many netizens in the mainland expressed their "congratulations". After all, the United Nations is an authoritative and representative body, and as long as Pakistan joins the United Nations, Palestine can seek help from the United Nations on the issue of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. That is why the representative of Israel was so angry when he saw the results of the vote.
Because Palestine has not yet joined the United Nations, and some aspects have not yet been recognized by the United Nations, when a Palestinian-Israeli conflict breaks out, Palestine cannot seek help from other countries or the international community, as Israel does. Therefore, Palestine's accession to the United Nations is of great significance, and after successful accession, it will gain more United Nations rights.
The following brings the significance of Palestine's accession to the United Nations
First, "Grant more UN rights to Palestine"
The General Assembly is the chief deliberative, supervisory and review body composed of all 193 Member States of the United Nations. If Palestine joins the General Assembly, it means that when the General Assembly is held, it will be able to sit among the members and have the right to vote on the proposals to be considered by the General Assembly, whether it is for or against. However, before Palestine joined the General Assembly, it was only an observer and did not have the right to vote.
Second, "Enhancing the International Standing of Palestine"
Palestine's accession to the UN General Assembly means that Palestine is a state that can be recognized by all countries in the world and has influence in the international arena. And not a country that only participates in meetings every time, but does not have the right to vote.
Third, "conflicts can be prevented and resolved"
The United Nations is an organization that maintains world peace and security, and if Palestine joins the General Assembly, the United Nations will provide a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and has the right to ask Israel to stop the continuation of the conflict. This will certainly be beneficial to the common people on the border between the two countries, and the biggest victims of the conflict between the two countries are the residents of the border areas. We call for peace and for people to work together to achieve economic recovery.
Was Palestine's accession to the United Nations successful?
At present, Palestine is not a member of the General Assembly and is not a full member of the United Nations. Although on 10 May, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Palestine's accession to the UN, it is up to the Security Council whether it will be adopted or not. However, the General Assembly has recommended that the Security Council reconsider the application submitted by Palestine for "accession" to the United Nations, which is also a key role played by the 143 countries voting in favour.
Palestine has made several applications for full membership in the United Nations, the first of which was in September 2011 but was not approved by the Security Council. On 29 November 2012, the General Assembly adopted a resolution granting Palestine observer status to the United Nations. It should be noted that there is a distinction between observer states and full member states of the United Nations, and observer states are only observers, do not have the right to vote, and cannot sit among member states.
In short, the "Resolution on Palestine's Accession to the United Nations" adopted by the UN General Assembly on May 10 has promoted the progress of the UN Security Council to adopt Palestine's accession to the UN General Assembly.
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