The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, had described the bid for full-member ... least nine votes in favor and no vetoes by the United States, Britain, France, Russia or ...

The Palestinians failed to pass a major hurdle in their renewed effort to seek full United Nations membership on Thursday when the United States vetoed ... statehood for the Palestinian people ...

The US vetoed a bid to make Palestine a full-fledged member of the United Nations, rebuffing a Palestinian push to gain broader international recognition. Twelve of 15 Security Council members ...

April 19 (UPI) --The United States blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution on Thursday to recognize the state of Palestine as a full member state of the United Nations, arguing its acceptance ...

(CNN) — The United States on Thursday blocked a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have recognised the Palestinian Authority as a state. Twelve members of the Security ...

“And for that reason, the United States is voting no on this proposed Security Council resolution,” Patel said. For the Palestinian bid to be successful it would have had to secure nine votes ...

The US vetoed ... nine votes and no vetoes, as well as a two-thirds vote in the General Assembly. More than 100 states have been admitted to the UN using this procedure. Although more than nine ...

The US has blocked a Palestinian bid to be recognised as a full member state at the United Nations. Twelve of the 15-member Security Council were in favour, Britain and Switzerland abstained ...