from Daily Sabah
The Palestinian Authority is seeking a U.N. Security Council vote this month to become a full member of the global body, the Palestinian U.N. envoy said Monday.
Riyad Mansour, who has permanent observer status in the U.N., made the Palestinian plans public as Israel's war on Gaza passes a six-month milestone in Gaza and Tel Aviv is expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Mansour told Reuters that the aim was for the Security Council to take a decision at an April 18 ministerial meeting on the Middle East, but that a vote had yet to be scheduled. He said a 2011 Palestinian application for full membership was still pending because the 15-member council never took a formal decision.
"The intention is to put the application to a vote in the Security Council this month," he added...
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