Bosnia won’t support a Palestinian state at UN
Jerusalem Post - Bosnia-Herzegovina won’t support the Palestinian bid for unilateral statehood at the United Nations Security Council, Srpska President Milorad Dodic said on Saturday.
He spoke during a press conference with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who was visiting Bosnia-Herzegovina. Details of the press conference were released by Lieberman’s office.
UNESCO grants Palestinians full membership
By John Irish
PARIS | Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:00pm EDT
(Reuters) - The United Nations' cultural agency granted the Palestinians full membership on Monday, a step forward in their long-running efforts to achieve recognition before the world as an independent state.
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) became the first U.N. agency to welcome the Palestinians as a full member since President Mahmoud Abbas applied for full membership of the United Nations on September 23.
A huge cheer erupted in UNESCO's General Assembly after the vote, which marks a symbolic victory for Palestinians in the complex diplomacy that surrounds their collective status and relations with foreign powers.
US freezes UNESCO funds for recognizing Palestine
Washington won't make planned $60 million transfer for UN cultural agency, State Department says; FM: Israel should cut ties with PA.
Jerusalem Post - The United States on Monday froze funding to a United Nations educational body, after it became the first UN organization to recognize Palestine as an independent state.
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