UN votes in favor of Palestinian membership: What does it signify? DW News

[TexasTowelie]

Today, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of a Palestinian bid to become a full member, recommending the Security Council reconsider the matter. The motion, which grants the Palestinians significantly more rights to participate in General Assembly sessions, but not regular voting rights, was supported by 143 countries. The US vetoed a Security Council resolution last month that would have paved the way for that. Ahead of today's vote, Israel's ambassador to the world body shredded the UN charter, saying that was what countries who support Palestine's bid to join the UN were doing.

[pfitz59]

1. Will the Kurds

or other stateless folk get recognized as well?

[mjvpi]

2. I would hope so. Arbitrary borders imposed by European powers? What could go wrong?

[AZLD4Candidate]

3. Will they do this with Somaliland? Probably not.

So the UN has now officially become The League of Nations, useless and selective.

[Oopsie Daisy]

4. Basic Requirements *

Basic Requirements for UN Membership
According to the UN Charter, there are several basic requirements for a state to become a member of the United Nations:

— Peace-Loving State: The state must be peace-loving and accept the obligations contained in the UN Charter.
— Ability to Carry Out Obligations: The state must have the ability to carry out the obligations contained in the UN Charter.
— Willingness to Carry Out Obligations: The state must be willing to carry out the obligations contained in the UN Charter.
— Sovereign State: The state must be a sovereign state.
— Recommendation by the Security Council: The state's application for membership must be recommended by the Security Council.
— Approval by the General Assembly: The state's application for membership must be approved by a two-thirds majority vote of the General Assembly.

[AZLD4Candidate]

5. Kosovo? Taiwan? Belize? South Ossetia? Transnistria? East Turkistan? Hell, the UN didn't care about East Timor.

Come on, UN. . .we're missing a lot you could do for unrecognized states.

What makes the Palestinians so special? Why are they special but the Tibetans are ignored?