UN assembly urges Palestine membership after vote

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Palestine has had constricted presumption astatine the UN since 2012

By Raffi Berg

BBC News

The United Nations General Assembly has enhanced Palestine's rights wrong the organisation and called for it to beryllium accepted arsenic a member.

Palestine has had non-member perceiver authorities presumption since 2012, which allows immoderate rights abbreviated of a afloat member.

Membership tin lone beryllium decided upon by the UN Security Council.

The US would veto a bid for afloat rank successful the council, but Friday's ballot tin beryllium seen arsenic a motion of enactment for the Palestinians.

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