Palestinians win de facto U.N. recognition of sovereign state

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the world body to issue its long overdue "birth certificate." The U.N. victory for the Palestinians was a diplomatic setback for the United States and Israel, which were joined by only a handful of countries in voting against the move to upgrade the Palestinian Authority's observer status at the United Nations to "non-member state" from "entity," like the Vatican. ...




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[MontyB]

About time.
While it means very little in the short term it does show world views on this issue, now if Abbas had any sense he would filling out the application forms for the ICC as fast as possible.