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September 11, 2015

U.N. Approves Palestinian Bid to Fly National Flag at Headquarters 
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The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelming Thursday to approve the
Palestinians' bid to fly their national flag outside the United Nations
headquarters. The resolution, which allows so-called observer states to
fly their flags, was co-sponsored by more than 50 countries. Palestine
became the second observer state in 2012, joining the Vatican. Only
eight countries voted against Thursday's resolution, including the
United States, Israel, Canada and Australia. Riyad Mansour, Palestinian
ambassador to the United Nations, spoke after the vote.

Riyad Mansour: "Today's vote is a reaffirmation of the legitimacy of the
national aspirations of the Palestinian people, of their existence among
the nations of the world and their right to self-determination, to be a
free people in control of their lives and destiny in their own
independent state."

 

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