Palestinian flag to fly at UN HQ after 119 nations vote ‘yes’

UN General Assembly has passed a Palestinian resolution to allow its flag fly in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York, angering Israel and giving hope to Palestinians seeking to gain full UN membership.

The resolution stated that flags of non-member observer states like Palestine “shall be raised at [UN] Headquarters [in New York] and United Nations Offices following the flags of the member states.” 
The vote was passed with 119 votes out of 193 in favor. Among the European countries that voted ‘yes’ were France, Russia, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Belgium, Malta and Poland. 
The majority of EU member states were among the 45 countries that chose to abstain. A total of eight countries voted against the idea, including the US and Israel.

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah told reporters that he strongly believes this marks another step towards recognition of Palestinian statehood. 
“It’s a step to the recognition of Palestine as a full member state of the United Nations,” Hamdallah said in Paris.
Currently, the UN has only one other non-member observer state – the Vatican. The Holy See did not demonstrate any excitement when the idea was first brought up last month, however, and rejected the Palestinians’ original proposal to introduce the resolution as a joint effort, asking the Vatican to co-sponsor the document. 
The Vatican still remained unsure on Wednesday whether it will be flying its flag next to Palestine’s.

More at:  http://www.rt.com/news/314998-un-approves-palestinian-flag/

What great news. This has made me more than happy. Something good at last!

Great... so when can the UK stop funding their whole existence?

Tommy Monk wrote:Great... so when can the UK stop funding their whole existence?

captainJane wrote: What great news. This has made me more than happy. Something good at last!

It only marks another step it doesn't say it's a done deal