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UN on Israeli Envoy's Paper Shredder Stunt: All Members Expected to Respect Charter
UN on Israeli Envoy's Paper Shredder Stunt: All Members Expected to Respect Charter
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – UN Secretary-General spokesman Farhan Haq said on Friday that even though Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan shredded a copy... 11.05.2024, Sputnik Africa
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Earlier in the day, Erdan shredded a copy of the charter during his speech at the UN General Assembly in a symbolic protest against the body considering a draft resolution that would grant Palestine more rights at the organization. The assembly later adopted the resolution in a 143-9 vote, with 25 member states abstaining. It also recommended that the Security Council favorably reconsider Palestine's membership request. Haq noted that while UN bodies usually do not comment on remarks made by some ambassadors, "the theatrics both in the past and the present are things that are part and parcel of the presentations the member states make." Commenting on the resolution, Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzya said that full membership in the UN would put Palestine on a more equal footing with Israel in negotiations. He added, however, that the resolution is not perfect. Palestine has held permanent observer status at the UN since 2012, while Israel has been a full member of the organization since 1948.
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UN on Israeli Envoy's Paper Shredder Stunt: All Members Expected to Respect Charter
10:38 11.05.2024 (Updated: 11:52 11.05.2024) UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – UN Secretary-General spokesman Farhan Haq said on Friday that even though Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan shredded a copy of the Charter, it remains intact as long as the UN continues to exist, and all member states are expected to fulfill their obligation to respect the founding document.
Earlier in the day, Erdan shredded a copy of the charter during his speech at the UN General Assembly in a symbolic protest against the body considering a draft
resolution that would grant Palestine more rights at the organization. The assembly later adopted the resolution in a 143-9 vote, with 25 member states abstaining. It also recommended that the Security Council favorably reconsider Palestine's membership request.
"The charter is something that will stay with us, and it's the founding document of this organization, and as long as this organization exists, the Charter exists," Haq told reporters. "This is an organization that is premised on respect for the UN Charter, and all the member states have pledged to uphold the UN Charter, and we expect them to fulfill that obligation," Haq said.
Haq noted that while UN bodies usually do not comment on remarks made by some ambassadors, "the theatrics both in the past and the present are things that are part and parcel of the presentations the member states make."
Commenting on the resolution, Russian Ambassador to the UN
Vassily Nebenzya said that full membership in the UN would put Palestine on a more equal footing with Israel in negotiations. He added, however, that the resolution is not perfect.
Palestine has held permanent observer status at the UN since 2012, while Israel has been a full member of the organization since 1948.
