Palästina

[Schneemann]

Unesco clears way for Palestinian membership vote

The board of the UN cultural agency Unesco has agreed to put a Palestinian bid for full membership to member states for approval. Forty of the 58 board members backed a Palestinian draft resolution proposing membership, with the US among four voting against and 14 abstentions. The bid will now be put to all 193 member states at the end of the month.

It is a further step in the campaign by Palestinian diplomats for formal recognition as a state. But their campaign is fiercely opposed by the US, Israel and France, who say only negotiations with Israel can achieve an independent Palestinian state.

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