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Palestinian Statehood bid fails at UN Security Council as Russia, China Support, US, Australia vote against medhajnews/article.php?id=NDg4Nw== The UN Security Council has failed to adopt the Arab coalition’s bid calling for the creation of a Palestinian state and an end to Israeli “occupation”. The veto power US and Australia voted against the move with 5 abstentions. The draft resolution gathered only 8 votes in favour, so it was automatically defeated. The US however still used its veto power and voted against the resolution. Another veto power state, the UK, along with Lithuania, Nigeria, Korea and Rwanda have abstained from the vote.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 12:57:56 +0000

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