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The US has vetoed a Palestinian request to the United Nations security council for full UN membership, blocking the world body’s recognition of a Palestinian state.
The vote in the 15-member security council was 12 in favor, the US opposed and two abstentions, the UK and Switzerland.
US officials had been hoping Washington could avoid use of its veto if other states objected to a draft resolution before the council recommending the “State of Palestine be admitted to membership of the United Nations”.
No one should have Veto power in the UN
Without veto power, the superpowers would have never agreed to the UN in the first place. Those who have power have never once given it up willingly, they just package it in different boxes.