US to veto Palestinian request for full UN membership
The U.S. will use its veto power against a Palestinian bid to be recognized as a member state of the United Nations during a vote at the Security Council expected to take place Thursday evening.
Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson for the State Department, described as premature an effort by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to gain member status at the U.N.
He said there was not unanimity among the Security Council’s 15 members that the Palestinian Authority had met the criteria for membership, with unresolved questions over the governance of the Gaza Strip, where Israel is in a war to defeat and eliminate the controlling power, #Hamas.
Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday 🌟removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies 🌟
— a move supporters said was unrelated to recent scrutiny about the 🔸health of the state’s senior senator, Republican leader Mitch McConnell.🔸
The GOP supermajority Legislature easily #overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s #veto of the measure. The legislation calls for a special election to fill any Senate vacancy from the Bluegrass State. The special election winner would hold the seat for the remainder of the unexpired term.
The Senate succession bill moved through the Legislature at a time of pending transitionfor the 82-year-old McConnell.
In February, the venerable Kentucky senator announced he will step down from his longtime Senate leadership position in November. https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-legislature-governor-f4d0ab8ffaec1a435ac52515c67d8f0e
Today In Labor History March 27, 1866: President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866. However, Congress overrode his veto and passed the bill, the first time this had occurred over any major legislation. The bill was the first in the U.S. to define citizenship, and to affirm equal rights under the law for all citizens, including African Americans. Johnson’s rationale for the veto was that the law “discriminated” against whites in favor of blacks.
A separate Israeli delegation, which includes Min of Strategic Affairs RonDermer & #NationalSecurity adv TzachiHanegbi, is to depart #Israel Mon evening, said an Israeli ofcl…. Israeli PM Benjamin #Netanyahu said he would CANCEL the delegation if the #UnitedStates did not #veto the #Gaza resolution….
Netanyahu repeated his insistence Sun that a military op in #Rafah is needed to eliminate #Hamas.
Algeria's UN draft resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Palestine was vetoed by United States during UN Security Council's 9552nd meeting on 20 February 2024....
Kommentar zur FDP: Die Vier-Prozent-Partei als Standortnachteil
Die FDP verkauft sich gerne als Partei der Wirtschaft. Indem sie mal wieder versucht, Gesetze in Brüssel zu stoppen, schadet sie dieser aber, meint Helga Schmidt. Der Kanzler sollte die Vier-Prozent-Partei in ihre Schranken weisen.
#Veto right is a very undemocratic tool. Still organization like #UN, #EU, NATO and even #US have this tool. It is mainly based on distrust. This distrust is from the cold war.
The tool should be abandoned. #Democracy is also a tool of government present in only 50% of all countries in the world.
I believe there are a lot of challenges in #2024 to conquer.
Polens Präsident Duda kündigt Veto gegen Haushaltsgesetz an
Polens Präsident Duda hat angekündigt, sein Veto gegen das Haushaltsgesetz der neuen liberalen Regierung einzulegen. Dabei geht es dem letzten ranghohen PiS-Vertreter um den Umbau der öffentlich-rechtlichen Medien.
"The Security Council was again prevented from rising to this moment to uphold its clear responsibilities in the face of this grave crisis threatening human lives and threatening regional and international peace and security," said the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations.
#US#veto & #UK#abstention on #UNSC#Gaza resolution for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. US said it “engaged in good faith on the text…nearly all of our recommendations were ignored” leading to an “imbalanced resolution that…would not move the needle forward… so, we regretfully could not support it." He said the US…could not understand why the resolution’s authors declined to include language condemning “Hamas…terrorist attack”...“‘ | more at UN https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/12/1144562
Algeria's UN draft resolution on "the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question", S/2024/173 (20 February 2024) (documents.un.org)
Algeria's UN draft resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Palestine was vetoed by United States during UN Security Council's 9552nd meeting on 20 February 2024....