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STORY: UN / LETTER OF ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS
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DATELINE: 08 APRIL 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters
08 APRIL 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, Palestinian Ambassador
4. UPSOUND (English) Vanessa Frazier, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Malta:
“I shall refer to the Committee on the Admission of New Members the request that renewed consideration be given to the application of the Observer State of Palestine during the month of April 2024. As I hear no objection, it is so decided.”
5. Zoom out, Security Council
6. Pan left, Maltese and Palestinian Ambassadors walking to stakeout
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Palestine:
“We sincerely hope, after 12 years since we change our status to an observer state, that the Security Council will elevate itself to implementing the global consensus on the two-state solution by admitting the state of Palestine for full membership.”
8. Close up, cameraman
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Palestine:
“After we have these 2 equal full members in the United Nations, we open the door slightly in the direction of peace and we hope that the Security Council, which is trusted in the maintenance of international peace and security, to allow for that door to open slightly in the direction of the implementation of the two-state solution, which requires the end of occupation and the independence of the State of Palestine. Today, Is a historic moment.”
10. Pan right, Maltese and Palestinian ambassadors leaving stakeout
11. Med shot, Israeli Ambassador walking at podium
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Gilad Erdan, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Israel:
“From well before the establishment of the UN, the Palestinians goal has been clear: the annihilation of the Jews.”
13. Med shot, Israeli Ambassadors at podium
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Gilad Erdan, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Israel:
“This won't be a regular state, it will be a ‘Palestinazi’ state, an entity that achieved statehood despite being committed to terror and Israel's annihilation.”
15. Pan right, Israeli Ambassador leaving stakeout
The Security Council referred today (8 Apr) to the Committee on the Admission of New Members the request that renewed consideration will be given to the application of the Observer State of Palestine during the month of April 2024.
After the meeting, Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour, talked with the press and said, “We sincerely hope, after 12 years since we change our status to an observer state, that the Security Council will elevate itself to implementing the global consensus on the two-state solution by admitting the state of Palestine for full membership.”
He also said, “After we have these 2 equal full members in the United Nations, we open the door slightly in the direction of peace and we hope that the Security Council, which is trusted in the maintenance of international peace and security, to allow for that door to open slightly in the direction of the implementation of the two-state solution, which requires the end of occupation and the independence of the State of Palestine. Today, Is a historic moment.”
Addressing the media before the meeting, Israel Ambassador Gilad Erdan stated, “From well before the establishment of the UN, the Palestinians goal has been clear: the annihilation of the Jews.”
He also said, “This won't be a regular state, it will be a ‘Palestinazi’ state, an entity that achieved statehood despite being committed to terror and Israel's annihilation.”
The request by the Observer State of Palestine to renew consideration of its 23 September 2011 application for admission to membership in the UN was conveyed in a 2 April letter to the Secretary-General.
The Secretary-General transmitted the request to the Security Council (S/2024/286).
On 11 November 2011 Committee of the Security Council reported that was unable to reach a unanimous recommendation on the Palestinian application.
In November 2012 the General Assembly adopted a resolution granting to Palestine the status of non-member observer State in the United Nations.
Previously, until 2012, Palestine had observer status in the General Assembly, but the Assembly's decision on this matter did not say that it was presented to it as a state.
UN Charter Chapter II, Article 4 «Membership in the United Nations is open to all other peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the present Charter and, in the judgment of the Organization, are able and willing to carry out these obligations».
The admission of any such state to membership in the United Nations will be affected by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.
