25.03.2011                      19.Adar ll, 5771

UN-Abstimmungen:

UNGA resolution may impact recognition of ‘Palestine’

Shalev: Israel ‘only just found out’ about Resolution 377; same process used in 1981 to advance Namibian independence, delegitimize S. Africa.

Israel failed to realize until recently that the Palestinian bid to win United Nations General Assembly endorsement for statehood in September might not be merely declarative, but could have profound practical consequences under the provisions of a little-known UNGA resolution, Gabriela Shalev, the former Israeli ambassador to the UN, has told The Jerusalem Post.
UNGA Resolution 377, also known as the “Uniting for Peace” resolution, was passed during the Korean War in 1950, at the initiative of the US, because the Soviet Union was vetoing UN Security Council action to protect South Korea….