OIC regrets UNSC failure to grant Palestine full UN membership

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed its deep regret at the failure of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to carry out its responsibility towards granting the State of Palestine full membership in the UN.

A statement from the OIC said the United States continued to prevent the enablement of the Palestinian people to obtain their legitimate rights, thus contributing to the elongation of historic injustice against the Palestinian people for 75 years.

The United States’ use of veto negated the provision of the UN charter which allows world body’s membership for all states that accept the charter’s obligations.

The OIC also affirmed the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to realize their political and legal status in the UN like other states of the world, a right that ought to have been implemented for decades, in pursuance of the political, legal, historical, and natural rights of the Palestinian people on their land as affirmed by the relevant resolutions of the United Nations.

the OIC also called on states that rejected or abstained from voting on the resolution to review and correct their positions in line with their obligations under international law as well as the United Nations charter and relevant resolutions.

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