General Assembly Adopts Resolution Determining Palestine Qualified for UN Membership

The General Assembly adopts a resolution that "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 adopted by a recorded vote with 143 votes in favour, 9 against and 25 abstentions.

Dennis Francis (left), President of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly, adopts the resolution. At right is Ruth de Miranda, Director of the General Assembly and Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Affairs Division of the Department of General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM).