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 ...

Hamas and its Palestinian Authority UN mouthpiece at the helm of the United Nations' lead body. A day in infamy." Several members in their post-vote statements stressed that they condemned the ...

The United States pledged to vote against any United Nations resolution seeking to grant Palestine full membership in the international body. The hardline promise came after a UN General Assembly ...

will vote to grant the Palestinian Authority the rights and privileges reserved only for UN member states even though it doesn't meet the criteria for statehood and failed to receive the ...

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 ...