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Security Council Fails to Adopt Text on Palestinian Leader's Deportation, as United States Casts Veto

16 September 2003

The Security Council this afternoon failed to adopt a draft resolution by which it would have demanded that Israel desist from any act of deportation and cease any threat to the safety of the elected President of the Palestinian Authority. By a vote of 11 in favour, 1 against (United States) and 3 abstentions (Bulgaria, Germany, United Kingdom), the Council rejected the text, which was submitted by Pakistan, South Africa, Sudan and Syria.
Dan Gillerman, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, briefs correspondents after today's vote.

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