• Palestinians get UNESCO seat as 107 vote in favour [Updated title]
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[quote] Israel is strongly against the move. The US has said it will cut funding to Unesco if the bid is approved. The Palestinian move is aimed at gaining momentum ahead of a UN Security Council vote in November on whether Palestine should become a full United Nations member state. Membership of Unesco - perhaps best known for its World Heritage Sites - may seem a strange step towards Palestinian statehood. But leaders here see it as part of a broader push to get international recognition and pressure Israel. The move comes a month after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked for Palestine to become a full UN member state. The UN Security Council is expected to vote on that bid in November. The United States has said it will use its veto. But at Unesco, the US does not have veto power and Palestinian membership would likely be approved by the organisation's 193 members. The Palestinian move has put Unesco in a bind. Following a US law passed in the 1990s, America says it would cut funding to any UN body that admits Palestine as a full member. That amounts to $70m (£43.7m) a year and over 20% of Unesco's entire budget.[/quote] [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15518173"]S[/URL] US, and Israel will vote no for no reason at all, called it. [B][URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15518173"]Update[/URL]:[/B] [h=1]Palestinians get Unesco seat as 107 vote in favour with 14 against.[/h] [release] [IMG]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/56378000/jpg/_56378318_yh1qntz9.jpg[/IMG] [I]Unesco's 193 members are more likely than the UN Security Council to accept the Palestinian membership bid[/I] The UN cultural organisation has voted strongly in favour of membership for the Palestinians - a move opposed by Israel and the United States. [B]Out of 173 countries voting, 107 were in favour, with 14 opposed[/B] and more than 40 abstentions. Before the vote, the US said it would stop its funding to Unesco if the Palestinians' bid was accepted. The UN Security Council will vote in November on whether Palestine should become a full UN member state. Membership of Unesco - perhaps best known for its World Heritage Sites - may seem a strange step towards statehood, says the BBC's Jon Donnison, in Ramallah, but Palestinian leaders see it as part of a broader push to get international recognition and put pressure on Israel. [B]Funding at stake [/B] The move comes a month after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked for Palestine to become a full UN member state. The UN Security Council is expected to vote on that bid in November. The United States has said it will use its veto. But at Unesco, the US does not have veto power. "We believe this is counterproductive... The only path for the Palestinians is through direction negotiations," US Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter told delegates ahead of the vote. The Palestinian move has put Unesco in a bind. Following a US law passed in the 1990s, America says it would cut funding to any UN body that admitted Palestine as a full member. That amounts to $70m (£43.7m) a year - over 20% of Unesco's entire budget.[/release]
So, what is the meeting about?
[QUOTE=doonbugie2;33053422][URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15518173"]S[/URL] US, and Israel will vote no for no reason at all, called it.[/QUOTE] Yeah they have reasons, just really stupid ones Disappointed by my country's stance on Palestine once again
[QUOTE=Jund;33053461]Yeah they have reasons, just really stupid ones Disappointed by my country's stance on Palestine once again[/QUOTE] I would not really consider a stupid reason a reason.
U... UNATCO?
America and Israel sucking eachother's cocks again while pissing over human rights. What's new.
I updated the OP rather than making a thread, if you don't mind Doonbugie2.
[quote]Before the vote, the US said it would stop its funding to Unesco if the Palestinians' bid was accepted.[/quote] Fucking scumbags.
"Direct negotiations are the only path to peace." Not what they said when loaded Israel with weapons and military aid in 1967.
[QUOTE=Conspiracy;33054344]"Direct negotiations are the only path to peace." Not what they said when loaded Israel with weapons and military aid in 1967.[/QUOTE] Not the best argument against that claim as people can argue that aid was essential. Bringing up how Israeli leaders publicly admitted to stalling negotiations to get as much settlements as possible built before statehood is achieved is better.
[QUOTE=Starpluck;33054383]Not the best argument against that claim as people can argue that aid was essential. Bringing up how Israeli leaders publicly admitted to stalling negotiations to get as much settlements as possible built before statehood is achieved is better.[/QUOTE] True, but I just find the double standard a bit noteworthy. I mean, who's to say aid isn't essential to Gaza's citizens?
I'm okay with this.
[QUOTE=Starpluck;33054266]I updated the OP rather than making a thread, if you don't mind Doonbugie2.[/QUOTE] Thanks for that. Congrats to Palestine for winning a seat at UNESCO.
The UK abstained rather than sucked America's dick? The fuck? And France voted in favour? Wow, so much for 'The USA's biggest ally' now. :v:
[QUOTE=MrEndangered;33055087]The UK abstained rather than sucked America's dick? The fuck? And France voted in favour? Wow, so much for 'The USA's biggest ally' now. :v:[/QUOTE] America is crashing and burning, it wont have much influence left at the end of the decade. If any.
[QUOTE=Miskav;33055114]America is crashing and burning, it wont have much influence left at the end of the decade. If any.[/QUOTE] If it continues this way, China's gonna be the new superpower. Well until their economic bubble finally bursts.
lmao good, let them pull their funding, we need that fucking cash anyway because the government can't seem to keep it's financial dick in their pants
Glad to see America's bigotry being confronted. It makes me sick how so many Americans buy into BS reasons for defend or oppose a concept, when the reason why we are taught that is due to the circumstances of politicians from early generations before we were born.
[QUOTE=Baldr 2.0;33054184]What the hell.[/QUOTE] So surely that means that if Palestine was to become a member of the UN GA the US would cut any funding it gives to the UN? More importantly, why on earth was such a law passed. [editline]31st October 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=MrEndangered;33055087]The UK abstained rather than sucked America's dick? The fuck? And France voted in favour? Wow, so much for 'The USA's biggest ally' now. :v:[/QUOTE] The UK hasn't been sucking the US's dick for a while now, not since Bush/Blair left.
I don't know why the US keeps supporting Israel, they barely treat their allies better than their enemies.
[QUOTE=Mingebox;33055949]I don't know why the US keeps supporting Israel, they barely treat their allies better than their enemies.[/QUOTE] Because Israel owns the US. Literally. Or at least the Jews do.
[quote] The US has said it will cut funding to Unesco if the bid is approved.[/quote] what why can i leave now
Belgium also voted in favor and Israel was mad at us :(
[QUOTE=cdrw5;33057239]Belgium also voted in favor and Israel was mad at us :([/QUOTE] Fuck 'm.
[QUOTE=MrEndangered;33055087]The UK abstained rather than sucked America's dick? The fuck? And France voted in favour? Wow, so much for 'The USA's biggest ally' now. :v:[/QUOTE] The UK, Canada, Germany and the US abstained from the vote, so they did not cast a vote. The UK specifically made no real difference in their inaction.
[QUOTE=cdrw5;33057239]Belgium also voted in favor and Israel was mad at us :([/QUOTE] What the fuck would Israel do? Invade Belgium and place down several housing developments?
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[QUOTE=Baldr 2.0;33057975]United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, doubt the do much policing.[/QUOTE] They are holding the vaccine behind their back
[QUOTE=Van-man;33055195]If it continues this way, China's gonna be the new superpower. Well until their economic bubble finally bursts.[/QUOTE]I wouldn't rely on that, the have terrible infrastructure [editline]31st October 2011[/editline] Why does the world have to have a superpower anyway
[QUOTE=Lambeth;33058017]I wouldn't rely on that, the have terrible infrastructure [editline]31st October 2011[/editline] Why does the world have to have a superpower anyway[/QUOTE] Gives the world a person to blame and a reason to spend huge amounts of money on expensive military hardware.
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