Palestinian President, Again Denied a Visa to Speak at UN, Addresses Leaders on Prerecorded Video
The General Assembly backed Palestine’s prerecorded speech after Washington denied visas to its delegation for a second straight year.
- On Monday, Hamas condemned the US for refusing visas to a Palestinian delegation seeking to attend UN General Assembly meetings in New York, marking the second consecutive year of such restrictions.
- Under the 1947 Headquarters Agreement, Washington must facilitate access to UN headquarters for participating representatives; yet Washington previously denied visas to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, forcing him to participate by video link.
- On Thursday, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution allowing the State of Palestine to participate in the 81st session via prerecorded address in the Assembly Hall, with 160 of 193 member states recognizing the State.
- Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem characterized the decision as a "flagrant violation" of international conventions, calling it a continuation of "complete US bias toward the Zionist occupation."
- Washington consistently uses its veto power at the UN Security Council to block Palestine from obtaining full membership, while Israel and Washington continue to reject Palestinian statehood as stipulated in UN resolutions.
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(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who has been denied a U.S. entry visa for two consecutive years, [addressed] the U.S. on the 24th (local time)...
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The leader of the Palestinian Authority intervenes in the UN General Assembly remotely by denying him the U.S. entry visa for the second consecutive year, a measure he described as “punitive and illegal”
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NEW YORK (ANP) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas lashed out at the Americans on Thursday in his contribution to the plenary debate of the UN General Assembly. In a video message shown in New York, Abbas denounced the choice of host country the US to the Palestinian delegate...
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