India votes in favour of UNGA resolution supporting Palestine’s bid to become full UN member

UNITED NATIONS: India on Friday voted in favour of a draft UN General Assembly resolution that said Palestine is qualified and should be admitted as full member of the United Nations and recommended that the Security Council “reconsider” the matter “favourably”.

The 193-member General Assembly met in the morning for an emergency special session where the Arab Group resolution ‘Admission of new Members to the United Nations’, in support of the State of Palestine’s full membership in the UN, was presented by the

The resolution got 143 votes in favour, including by India, nine against and 25 abstentions. The UNGA hall broke into an applause after the vote was cast.

The resolution determined that “the State of Palestine is qualified for membership in the United Nations” in accordance with Article 4 of the Charter of the United Nations and “should therefore be admitted to membership in the United Nations”.

It recommended that the Security Council “reconsider the matter favourably, in the light of this determination”.

India was the first non-Arab State to recognise the Palestine Liberation Organisation as the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people in 1974. India was also one of the first countries to recognise the State of Palestine

The resolution determined that “the State of Palestine is qualified for membership in the United Nations” in accordance with Article 4

FILE PHOTO Israeli soldiers work on armored military vehicles at a staging ground near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel United Arab Emirates, as Chair of the Arab Group in May.