US Vetoed UN Resolution Granting Statehood to Palestine Despite Global Support

The US vetoed the resolution.

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UN:The United Nations adopted a resolution to grant full statehood to Palestine. ban

12 countries supported the resolution introduced by the 15-member Raksha Samiti on Sunday. Britain and Switzerland stood.

The Security Council discussed the resolution to recognize Palestine as the 194th member state before it was presented to the 193-member General Assembly. The US continues to point out that the majority of countries in the General Assembly will recognize Palestine. prevent

The US believes that a two-state solution is the permanent solution to the age-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Robert Wood, the US deputy ambassador to the UN, said that he supports, but that the problem between the two sides should be resolved through talks. The veto meant that the US would not allow a Palestinian state. He said he is not against it.

US Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the move as immoral and impossible. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, said that it would not harm their determination and will if the resolution was not adopted. In 2011, President Mahmoud Abbas made a request for full Palestinian statehood to Ban Ki-moon, the then Secretary-General of the United Nations.