• superkret@feddit.org
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    29 days ago

    If adopted, the draft would have had the 15-member Council recommend to the 193-member General Assembly that “the State of Palestine be admitted to membership in the United Nations”.

    The General Assembly decides on this.

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      29 days ago

      An application for admission to UN membership must be approved by the Council before being forwarded to the Assembly, where the matter requires at least two-thirds support to pass.

      You are just factually wrong about this.

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        29 days ago

        Oh fuck. I was pretty sure about this, but never actually read the statutes.
        Thanks for educating me, and refraining from the insults I deserve.
        So I guess 5 nations do decide who gets into the Good Guy club. I admit I’m a bit disillusioned about this.

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          29 days ago

          Tbf I think you’re right about the general assembly recognizing them as an “observer state” that’s not part of the UN without security council approval, which I wasn’t aware of.