{"id":201634,"date":"2024-05-10T19:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T23:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=201634"},"modified":"2024-05-10T22:00:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T02:00:43","slug":"antigua-barbuda-votes-in-favour-of-palestines-bid-for-un-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-barbuda-votes-in-favour-of-palestines-bid-for-un-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua &amp; Barbuda votes in favour of Palestine\u2019s bid for UN membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2176996647\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Antigua &amp; Barbuda today was among 143 countries that voted in favour of a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly for the Security Council to reconsider the application of Palestine for membership of the United Nations. <\/p><div id=\"antig-117246382\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:771\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/quueens.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:771\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/quueens.jpeg 1143w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:214\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/quueens.jpeg 214w, 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696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>READ MORE FROM<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>SOURCE- ALJAZEERA: <\/em><\/strong>The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/5\/10\/un-general-assembly-backs-palestinian-bid-for-membership\">overwhelmingly voted to support<\/a>\u00a0a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member by recognising it as qualified to join and recommending the UN Security Council \u201creconsider the matter favourably\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memberships can only be decided by the UN Security Council, and last month, the US vetoed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/4\/18\/palestinian-bid-for-un-membership-set-for-security-council-vote\">a bid for full membership<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"antig-4011973215\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img 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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>C: Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus<\/p><div id=\"antig-3930417042\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>D: Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/DMa36RWomIG5nLTyfYIeu2\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATS APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>E: East Timor, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G: Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>H: Haiti, Honduras<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I: Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Ivory Coast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J: Jamaica, Japan, Jordan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>K: Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L: Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M: Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>N: Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O: Oman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P: Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q: Qatar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R: Republic of Korea (South Korea), Russia, Rwanda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>S: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi 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