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US pressure failed; Palestine becomes Unesco member
Monday October 31, 2011 07:27:07 PM,
IANS
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Paris:
Palestine was Monday admitted to the UN Educational Scientific and
Cultural Organisation (Unesco) as a full member.
In a vote at the 193-member UN agency's general conference in
Paris, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) got 107 votes for
its membership bid, with 14 countries against, Xinhua reported
citing a Unesco statement.
The voting made Unesco the first UN agency to accept the PNA as a
full member since Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas applied for
formal UN membership at the UN General Assembly Sep 23. The
Security Council will discuss the matter in November.
Israel and the US have opposed the Palestinian bid both in the UN
General Assembly and the Unesco.
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Nashik District Magistrate P
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