Cairo says “obstructing” state recognition “is not consistent with the responsibility” of the international community
Jordan considers that this position “will contribute to prolonging the conflict and increasing tension” in the region
April 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Government of Egypt has regretted “the inability” of the United Nations Security Council to issue a resolution that allows the State of Palestine to be a full member of the UN, after this Thursday Washington used its veto power in the vote .
“We express our deep regret at the inability of the Security Council, due to the use of the veto by the United States, to issue a resolution allowing Palestine to obtain full membership status, at a critical time when the issue Palestine is at a crossroads,” reads a statement from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.
Thus, he has insisted that this context “requires that countries assume their historical responsibility by adopting a position of support for Palestinian rights and creating a real political horizon to relaunch the peace process with the objective of a definitive solution to the Palestinian question on the basis of the two-state solution”.
Cairo has considered that “obstructing the recognition of the right of the Palestinian people to recognize their State is not consistent with the legal and historical responsibility that falls on the international community to end the occupation and reach a final and just solution to the Palestinian question.” “.
For this reason, they have asked “the international parties that support peace to recognize the Palestinian State and assume the necessary responsibility in the current circumstances to restore hope of reactivating the peace process on serious bases that lead to the establishment of an independent State and viable”.
Finally, Egyptian diplomacy has stressed that approving full membership in the UN is an “inherent” right of the Palestinian people and has recalled that “it has suffered from the Israeli occupation” for more than 70 years, which is why it considers that it is of an “important step on the path to the implementation” of the provisions of International Law.
The vote took place in the midst of the Israeli Army's offensive against the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, where the Palestinian authorities have reported the death of nearly 34,000 people, to which are added around 460 Palestinians in the West Bank. and in East Jerusalem by the actions of Israeli security forces and settlers. It is worth mentioning that Egypt has acted as one of the mediators between Israel and the Palestinian militia, which controls the enclave.
“THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THE SOLUTION THAT ISRAEL UNDERMINES”
For its part, the Government of Jordan has stressed that “the international community supports the two-state solution that Israel is undermining, which makes the recognition of the Palestinian State a duty of the Security Council to prevent Israel from continuing to deprive the Palestinian people of their right to freedom and a State.
“Recognizing the Palestinian State and accepting its membership is an inalienable right for the Palestinian people and a legal and moral responsibility of the Security Council, especially at this time when Israel attacks Gaza and continues its illegal measures that perpetuate the occupation,” he indicated. .
These statements came after the United States vetoed the proposal, while the United Kingdom and Switzerland abstained. As a consequence, Palestine will continue to be a non-member permanent observer state, a status it has had since 2012.
The resolution had to have the support of at least nine of the 15 members of the Council, with no permanent member – the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom – voting against. Once this process was completed, the resolution had to go through a second vote in the General Assembly, where it had to have a two-thirds majority of the 193 member states that comprise it.
