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| Non-Aligned Movement backs Palestinian statehood bid |
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According to the Press TV, during a ministerial meeting in the Serbian capital city Belgrade on Tuesday, all 118 NAM member countries said that they would back the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s bid for Palestine's UN membership to be presented later this month on the “basis of the borders of the June 4, 1967 with East al-Quds (Jerusalem) as its capital.” "We will continue to support the Palestinian endeavors during the 66th session of the General Assembly for the recognition of the State of Palestine on the basis of the borders of the 4th of June 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital, and to seek its admission as a full member in the United Nations," Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr said during a press conference at the end of the two-day meeting in Belgrade. Amr, who chaired the meeting, said that most of the NAM member countries recognize the Palestinian state and will vote in favor of the Palestinian bid for UN membership when the UN General Assembly meets later this month. More than 100 countries have so far officially recognized Palestine as a sovereign state based on the 1967 borders, the boundaries that existed before the Israeli regime captured and annexed East al-Quds (Jerusalem), the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Palestinian officials have been campaigning to achieve UN recognition for an independent state based on the pre-1967 borders at the UN General Assembly meeting in later September. The United States, however, has repeatedly threatened to veto the PA's bid at the United Nations Security Council. The United States cannot block the UN General Assembly vote for the change of Palestine's status in the world body from entity to state, but it can later veto the move at the Security Council. American governments have made it a routine practice to veto any UN measure that even criticizes violations by the Israeli regime. UN will recognize Palestinian state: Poll Almost half of the Palestinians living in the occupied territories believe that the United Nations will recognize an independent Palestinian state, a new survey shows. The poll, conducted by a German organization, revealed that 51% of Palestinian respondents assume that the Palestinian Authority's planned request to become a full UN member state will be accepted while 37% believe in the opposite, Press TV reported. Twelve percent said they had no idea what the outcome would be. A total of 1,100 people took part in the phone survey, which was conducted between August 13 and 15, nearly one month ahead of the planned request. The application for the international recognition of Palestinian statehood has been reportedly submitted to the UN and the UN General Assembly will vote on the issue in two weeks. Meanwhile, many Palestinian groups have expressed opposition to the Palestinian Authority's move, saying that it will legitimize the Israeli occupation of other Palestinian lands.
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