Panel holds first meeting on Palestinian UN bid
From Jerusalem Post on 9/30/2011 at 4:40 PM
Categories: Politics, Middle East
UNITED NATIONS - A UN Security Council panel on admitting new members to the United Nations met on Friday for the first time on the Palestinian bid to join the world body as Palestinians lobbied council members for support.After the closed-door meeting of the council's standing committee on admitting new members, which comprises all 15 council members, Lebanese UN Ambassador Nawaf Salam said the committee unanimously agreed to continue meeting at the expert level next week. …More


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