United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19

UN General Assembly
Resolution 67/19
UN General Assembly; Resolution 67/19
Date	29 November 2012
Meeting no.	44th Plenary
Code	A/RES/67/19 (Document)
Subject	Status of Palestine in the United Nations
Voting summary	138 voted for; 9 voted against; 41 abstained; 5 absent;
Result	Adopted

United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19 was a resolution accepting Palestine^[1] as a non-member observer state in the United Nations General Assembly.^[2] It was adopted by the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly on 29 November 2012, the date of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and the 65th anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly of resolution 181(II) on the Future Government of Palestine. The draft resolution was proposed by Palestine's representative at the United Nations.^[3] It, however, maintains the status of the Palestinian Liberation Organization as the representative of the Palestinian people within the United Nations system. Though strongly contested by the United States and the government of Israel, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed support for the measure.^[4] The motion was seen as largely symbolic,^[3] though it could allow Palestine to start proceedings at the International Criminal Court against Israel.^[5] Its timing, following a year in which Palestine obtained membership of UNESCO and the UN Security Council was unable "to make a unanimous recommendation" on their application for full UN membership,^[6] and coming several days after the completion of Operation Pillar of Defense, was also noted.^[5]^[7] The new status equates Palestine with that of the Holy See within the United Nations system^[8] and implicitly recognises Palestinian sovereignty.^[9]^[10]

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