Ziad J. Asali, M.D.: ATFP Backgrounder on the Question of Palestinian UN Initiatives

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Ziad J. Asali, M.D.

President, American Task Force on Palestine

ATFP Backgrounder on the Question of Palestinian UN Initiatives

The process for acquiring UN membership

With the exception of the founding states of the United Nations, the UN Charter, Article 4, Section 2, provides that, "The admission of any... state to membership in the United Nations will be effected by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council." The UN does not recognize states as such; this is a matter of bilateral relations between individual states that recognize each other....READ MORE