General Assembly Adopts Resolution Determining Palestine Qualified for UN Membership

Mohamed Issa Abushahab, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, introduces the draft resolution on "Admission of new Members to the United Nations" during the resumed 10th Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly on "Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory".

The draft resolution "Determines that the State of Palestine is qualified for membership in the United Nations in accordance with Article 4 of the Charter of the United Nations and should therefore be admitted to membership in the United Nations". The Resolution was later adopted by a recorded vote with 143 votes in favour, 9 against and 25 abstentions.