Palestinian Statehood Resolution Fails at UNSC Tuesday Dec 30,2014

 

The United Nations Security Council(UNSC) has rejected a resolution demanding an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within 3 years.

Jordan submitted the motion after it had been agreed upon by 22 Arab states and the Palestinian Authority.

8 members of the 15-strong Security Council voted for it while the US and Australia voted against.
Of the 15 members of the Security Council

• Russia, China, France, Argentina, Chad, Chile, Jordan and Luxembourg voted in favour

• The US and Australia voted against

• The UK, Lithuania, Nigeria, the Republic of Korea and Rwanda abstained

US envoy Samantha Power said after the vote: "We voted against this resolution not because we are comfortable with the status quo. We voted against it because... peace must come from hard compromises that occur at the negotiating table."

Jordan's UN ambassador, Dina Kawar, said the vote should not stop efforts to resolve the conflict.

Note
Even if it had secured the required nine votes, the US would have used its veto power to stop the adoption of the resolution.