The draft resolution will be debated this Thursday at the UN. The United States is expected to veto it.
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, is still at his post. At 88 years old, he too is still there, illustrating an obvious democratic deficit in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (West Bank, Gaza) and the desperate impasse in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The affair, in September 2011, came to an end, despite the support of 148 countries. Prevented from becoming 194 countries' "NON-MEMBER OBSERVER State'" "Nonsurder State"" "Non-member state's right to self-determination." " Non-member states' right to a voice in the UN. " "The right to an equal voice.“ "A right to equal rights to a just and fair trial. " " The right for a fair and just settlement.'