- Title: UNITED NATIONS: UNITED STATES VETOES PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION.
- Date: 30th June 1976
- Summary: 1. GV U.N. building 0.13 2. SV U.S. representative Albert Sherer seated and speaking 1.07 3. SV PLD representative shafik Al-hout seated and speaking 1.38 4. SV Guyanese Foreign Minister F. Wills announces result of vote 2.02 "There are in our view, two fundamental flaws to this resolution. First, the text is totally devoid of balance, stressing the rights and interests of one party to the Middle East dispute and ignoring the rights and interests of other parties. Second, the draft quote "affirms the inaliable right of the Palestinian people to self determination including the right of return and the right to national independence and sovereignty in Palestine" unquote. The political interests of the palestinians and their role in a final Middle East settlement constitute, in my government's view, a matter that must be negotiated between the parties before it can be defined in resolutions of this council." "The result of the voting is the following: the draft resolution received ten votes in favour, one vote against, and there were four abstentions. The draft resolution has therefore not been adopted owing to the negative vote of a prominent member of the Security Council." Initials CL/0110 TELERECORDINGN Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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