In remarks before the vote, Palestinian ambassador Riyad Mansour spoke passionately about the plight of Palestinians in wartorn Gaza. “As we speak, 1.4 million Palestinians in Rafah wonder if ...

The U.S. has avoided having to decide if it will pull funding from the U.N. and the its specialized agencies, which it would have had to do under public law passed in the 1990s.

The United Nations Security Council was scheduled to vote Thursday night on a Palestinian request for full UN membership, a move that Israel ally the United States is expected to block because it ...

UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on a Palestinian request for full U.N. membership, said diplomats, a move that Israel ally the ...

The vote by the 193-member General Assembly was a global survey of support for the Palestinian bid to become a full UN member — a move that would effectively recognize a Palestinian state ...

The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favour of enhanced Palestinian membership of the United Nations. And it could carry far-reaching consequences. The draft text, co-sponsored by ...

The 15-member council is due to vote at 3am Singapore time on April 20 (7pm GMT on April 19) on a draft resolution that recommends to the 193-member UN General Assembly that "the State of ...

The United Nations Security Council will vote Thursday on the Palestinians' application to become a full UN member state, several diplomatic sources have told AFP.Amid Israel's military offensive in ...