Its always good to see people stand up for who is right, regardless of race, color or religion.
I'm proud of my country for this one too.
Indo-Asian News Service
Saturday, 01 October 2011
I'm proud of my country for this one too.
India backs Palestinian bid for UN membership
Indo-Asian News Service
Saturday, 01 October 2011
Underscoring New Delhi's support of the Palestinians'
bid, India's permanent representative Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday
recalled that his country was the first non-Arab state to grant
recognition of a Palestinian state when it did so in 1988.
Puri
said the committee on the admission of new states "should report to the
Security Council that the Palestinian application for membership be
recommended to the General Assembly."
The Palestinians' membership
application "is not incompatible with, nor does it exclude, direct
negotiations between the parties to resolve the final status issues," he
said.
Addressing the UN General Assembly on September 24, prime
minister Manmohan Singh had said, "India is steadfast in its support for
the Palestinian people's struggle for a sovereign, independent, viable
and united state of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital, living
within secure and recognized borders side by side and at peace with
Israel."
"We look forward to welcoming Palestine as an equal member of the United Nations," he said.
The
Security Council committee meeting came exactly one week after
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a direct plea at the UN for
membership sidestepping peace negotiating efforts that have foundered
for nearly two decades.
In order for a state to become a UN
member, its application must be recommended by the Security Council and
then approved by the General Assembly by a two-thirds vote of its 193
members.
The panel agreed to meet again next week. But analysts
say the statehood bid is bound to fail, because the United States has
threatened to use its veto power on the Security Council to block it.
Source:
http://indiacurrentaffairs.org/india-backs-palestinian-bid-for-un-membership/ 
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