Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has handed over a historic request to UN chief Ban Ki-moon asking the United Nations to admit the state of Palestine as a full member, UN officials said.
Abbas presented the request in a folder with the Palestinian logo on the front in Ban's meeting room on Friday and the UN secretary general opened the folder briefly to study it.
Palestinians across the West Bank have set in motion plans to celebrate the formal submission of their bid to become a United Nations member state, despite opposition from the United States and Israel.....
The Palestinian flag deserves to fly amongst the world flags of the UN. To deny the Palestinians this only denies the inevitable from occurring because one day the Palestinians will be an Independent.
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Posted - 23 Sep 2011 : 18:42:47
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has handed over a historic request to UN chief Ban Ki-moon asking the United Nations to admit the state of Palestine as a full member, UN officials said.
