Palestine: General Conference Admits Palestine As UNESCO Member State

Palestine: General Conference Admits Palestine As UNESCO Member State   UNESCO’s General Conference today voted to admit Palestine as a Member State of the Organization.   For its membership to take effect, Palestine must sign and ratify UNESCO's Constitution, which is open for signature in the archives of the Government of the United Kingdom in London.   Palestine’s entry will bring the number of UNESCO’s Member States to 195.   The vote was carried by 107 votes in favour of admission and 14...

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