Good News Agency - year 13th, no. 208 - 7 December 2012
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International legislation – Human rights– Economy and development– SolidarityPeace and security– Health– Energy and Safety– Environment and wildlife
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UN S-G message on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people
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General Assembly grants Palestine non-member observer State status at UN
29 November - The General Assembly today voted to grant Palestine non-member observer State status at the United Nations, while expressing the urgent need for the resumption of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians leading to a permanent two-State solution.
The resolution on the status of Palestine in the UN was adopted by a vote of 138 in favour to nine against with 41 abstentions by the 193-member Assembly.
In the resolution, the Assembly also voiced the hope that the Security Council will “consider favourably” the application submitted in September 2011 by Palestine for full UN membership.
Today’s action comes on the same day that the UN observed the annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Established in 1977, the Day marks the date in 1947 when the Assembly adopted a resolution partitioning then-mandated Palestine into two States, one Jewish and one Arab.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43640&Cr=palestin&Cr1=#.ULjFhaz8KSo
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