A vote will be held today in the Security Council, the most powerful body of the UN on whether to recommend Palestine's name for full membership. Voting will take place on Friday at 3pm New York local time.
This information was reported by the Reuters news agency on Thursday (April 18).
According to the report, according to the UN Charter, if a country wants to become a member of this organization, it must first obtain the recommendation of the Security Council in favor of the application. The UN General Assembly will only consider granting the country membership if that recommendation is attached to the application.
Palestine can win the Security Council's recommendation if at least 9 members of the Security Council vote in favor in Friday's vote, and if none of the five permanent members — the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia and China — veto the resolution.
It should be noted that in a briefing after the meeting of the Security Council on April 8, Malta's UN Ambassador Vanessa Frazier said that the Security Council will decide on the recommendation for Palestine for full membership of the United Nations this April.
Earlier, Reuters reported that on Wednesday, non-permanent member state Algeria presented a draft proposal for a vote on the recommendation of Palestine's full membership. Later in Thursday's meeting, the polling day was fixed. Ministers and ambassadors of various Middle Eastern countries were present in the meeting.
Incidentally, after many years of lobbying for full membership, Palestine was allowed to enter the United Nations as an 'observer' in 2011. Countries or territories in this category may participate in discussions in the UN General Assembly, but they do not have the power to vote for or against any resolution raised.
Palestine wants an independent state comprising the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. But these 3 territories are controlled by Israel since 1967.
In the peaceful two-state solution, the Security Council has been supporting and promoting the formation of two independent and sovereign states in the Al-Aqsa region of the Middle East in the past few decades, namely "Palestine" and "Israel". In 1990, representatives of Palestine and Israel signed a document on this issue in Oslo, the capital of Norway.
Palestine has resumed its bid for full membership after the Israeli military operation in Gaza began on October 7, and a crucial phase of the bid will conclude on Friday with a Security Council vote.