The vote comes after the United States last month vetoed a Security Council measure granting full U.N. membership to a ...

It was in the embers of the unprecedented death and destruction of World War I, that the Allied powers at the Paris Peace ...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly backed a Palestinian bid to become a ...

Prior to the vote there was intense debate among countries. In a special session, the United Nations General Assembly voted to support Palestine’s membership bid. The vote was 143 countries in ...

Under the UN Charter, prospective members must be 'peace-loving,' and the Security Council must recommend their admission to ...

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is set to vote today (10 May) on a resolution that would bestow new "rights and privileges" to ...

The General Assembly may grant Palestinians member status, doing an end run around the Security Council.

by EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new "rights and privileges" to Palestine and called on the Security ...

In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 181 and agreed that the only viable solution for peace in the ...

The United Nations General Assembly approved the resolution by a vote of 143 to 9 with 25 nations abstaining. The Assembly ...

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has backed a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member by recognising it as qualified to join and recommending the UN Security Council “reconsider the ...