The US vetoed a bid to make Palestine a full-fledged member of the United Nations, rebuffing a Palestinian push to gain broader international recognition. Twelve of 15 Security Council members ...

April 19 (UPI) --The United States blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution on Thursday to recognize the state of Palestine as a full member state of the United Nations, arguing its acceptance ...

The US has blocked a Palestinian bid to be recognised as a full member state at the United Nations. Twelve of the 15-member Security Council were in favour, Britain and Switzerland abstained ...

(CNN) — The United States on Thursday blocked a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have recognised the Palestinian Authority as a state. Twelve members of the Security ...

the United States opposed and two abstentions. The resolution would have recommended that the 193-member General Assembly, where there are no vetoes, approve Palestine becoming the 194th member of ...

A council resolution needs at least nine votes in favor and no vetoes by the permanent members -- US, Britain, France, Russia or China -- to pass. Palestine’s application for full UN membership ...

On 18 May the Security Council was seized of a resolution that would have granted UN membership to Palestine.Twelve ... upon dozens of unjustified vetoes by the US, mostly to shield Israel from ...

Robert Wood, deputy permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations, vetoes the Palestinian bid for admission as a member state of the United Nations at the U.N. Security Council ...