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发帖数: 8998 | 1 Palestine won full admission into UNESCO, the United Nations science,
education and cultural heritage organization, in a closely watched vote in
Paris Monday. Global diplomacy hands view the 107-14 vote as a benchmark
carrying larger implications for the Palestinians' bid for state recognition
before the UN Security Council. Both the United States and Israel have
strongly opposed both initiatives.
The United States, Israel, Canada, Germany, Sweden and Australia were among
the 14 nations voting against the Palestinians' UNESCO bid, while 107
countries--including France, Spain, Ireland, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, India
, Russia, China, South Africa and Indonesia--voted in favor. Fourteen
nations--including the United Kingdom and Italy--abstained.
Washington, which called the UNESCO vote "premature" Monday, has threatened
to cut off U.S. funding to UNESCO if Palestine is granted membership. The
United States currently accounts for about one-fifth of the organization's
funds.
Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs also issued a statement after the vote,
saying it would harm the peace process.
Palestine's successful UNESCO bid comes as Middle East Quartet envoy Tony
Blair is due to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House
Monday.
Blair has been trying to advance the Quartet's efforts to get the Israelis
and Palestinians back to the negotiating table, asking each side to lay out
their specific terms for resolving the issues of borders and security for a
two-state solution. Meanwhile, Israeli officials have been depicting
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as an unworthy peace partner.
Abbas, in turn, has recently reiterated his periodic threat to dissolve the
Palestinian Authority--a move that would presumably leave Israel responsible
for administering, funding, and coordinating security for the West Bank's
Palestinian population. | g*****c
发帖数: 4378 | 2 make no difference
their fate is in other people's hand
what kind society is this |
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