12.02.2011, 02:08
Ein weiterer Beleg dafür, dass die Vereinten Nationen refomiert werden müssen. Weit über 100 Staaten haben Palästina in den Grenzen von '67 bereits als Staat anerkannt!
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Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:1AM
The United States says it will use its full power to block a United Nations resolution condemning Israel's illegal settlements, a US diplomat says.
"We have made very clear that we do not think the Security Council is the right place to engage on these issues," and that the US will use “tools that we have” to block any resolution, AFP quoted Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg as telling the House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday.
He said that the US, a veto-wielding permanent UN Security Council member, has gained some success at least for the present time. “And we will continue to employ the tools” so that the resolution is not passed, he said.
The UN resolution condemns the illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem), saying that the illegal move violates international law.
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