In remarks before the vote, Palestinian ambassador Riyad ... that the most expeditious path toward statehood and UN membership for the Palestinian people is through direct negotiations between ...

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 ...

It vetoed a draft resolution that recommended to the 193-member U.N. General Assembly that "the State of Palestine be admitted to membership ... This vote does not reflect opposition to ...

U.S. blocks Palestinian request for full UN membership ... the Palestinians got much more support for full UN membership. The vote was 12 in favour, with the United Kingdom and Switzerland ...

Finland is one of 25 countries that on Friday abstained from a UN General Assembly vote backing Palestine's full UN membership. The assembly adopted a resolution with 143 votes in favour of backing a ...

While a General Assembly vote cannot confer UN membership, the approved resolution does endow the Palestinian Authority with new procedural rights and privileges. Only member states can vote ...