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Posturing pointlessly, ‘Palestine’ extra empowered for powerless UN General Assembly bloc presidency
2018-10-17
[IsraelTimes] General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to grant additional powers to Ramallah for 12 months of its presidency of 134-nation Group of 77; Israel, US and Australia opposed.

The General Assembly on Tuesday voted by an overwhelming majority to temporarily grant the "State of Paleostine" additional rights and privileges, allowing it to head the biggest bloc of developing countries at the United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
A whopping 146 states voted in favor of Resolution A/73/L.5, while only three countries ‐ the US, Israel and Australia ‐ opposed it. Fifteen countries abstained. US ambassador Nikki Haley
...Trump administration's ambassador to the UN. First woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina, and the second Indian-American governor in the country, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. At the age of 39, Haley was the youngest governor in the U.S., a distinction formerly held by Jindal. She is a Republican, which really grates on the Dems...
branded the move "a mistake."

Paleostine’s delegates will be able co-sponsor proposals and amendments, make statements, and raise procedural motions. They will have these extra rights for the duration of its chairmanship of the Group of 77, the largest bloc of developing nations at the UN. The Paleostinians will assume the bloc’s presidency on January 1, 2019, and hold it for one year.

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Paleostine ‐ which is not a member state of the UN but has observer state status ‐ was chosen in July to head the so-called G77 plus China, a consortium now consisting of 134 nations that often speaks in one voice at the General Assembly.

Haley said the UN should not have ben able to do so, recalling that the "Paleostinians are not a UN member state or any state at all" and should not be granted privileges reserved for full-fledged members.

"Today’s UN mistake undermines the prospects for peace by encouraging the illusion held by some Paleostinian leaders that they can advance their goals without direct peace negotiations," said Haley in a statement.

After the vote, several European states said their yes votes should not be construed as a recognition of Paleostinian statehood. Rather, it was intended to guarantee Paleostine’s successful chairmanship of the G77, the envoys of Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom said in their respective remarks.

They also welcomed the fact that the extension of Paleostine’s privileges was limited in time.
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