The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates: International Consensus on the Rightfulness of Palestine's Full Membership in the United Nations

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine has welcomed the overwhelming vote and international consensus in a crucial international body, the United Nations General Assembly, on a resolution affirming the right of the State of Palestine to full membership and granting it additional rights and privileges within the United Nations and its various institutions and subsidiaries.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates affirmed the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly today, Friday, May 10, 2024, of a resolution concerning Palestine's membership in the organization. The resolution received support from 143 countries, while 9 countries opposed it, and 25 countries abstained from voting.

The ministry pointed out that this resolution confirms that Palestine meets all the requirements stipulated in the Charter of the United Nations, especially Article Four, thereby deserving and qualifying for full membership in the United Nations.

The ministry emphasized that today's vote is a clear message of confirmation from the international community of the natural, legal, and historical right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, their aspirations for liberation, independence, and living on their land in security and peace like all other peoples of the world.

It added that this step is part of efforts aimed at protecting and maintaining the two-state solution based on ending colonial occupation and the Israeli apartheid regime and achieving peace and stability in the region, despite the historical injustice inflicted upon the Palestinian people since the Nakba in 1947 until now, manifested today in the worst forms in the genocide and war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Israeli killing machine against our people in the Gaza Strip for over 217 days.

The Foreign Ministry stressed that enhancing Palestine's status in the United Nations is a reinforcement of peace and diplomatic, multilateral, law-based solutions, and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.

In this context, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates expressed its gratitude to the countries that sponsored and voted in favor of the resolution, and renewed its call to the countries supporting the two-state solution and security and stability in the region to recognize Palestine bilaterally. It called on the countries that voted against the resolution or abstained from voting to review their positions and stand on the right path, the path of justice and solidarity with the Palestinian people in their march to attain all their legitimate rights, foremost among them the right to self-determination on their land, the independence of the State of Palestine, and the return of refugees to their homes from which they were displaced in implementation of Resolution 194.

Wizara ya Mambo ya Nje na Wahamiaji: Kauli ya Kimataifa juu ya Haki ya Palestina kuwa Mwanachama Kamili wa Umoja wa Mataifa

Wizara ya Mambo ya Nje na Wahamiaji nchini Palestina imepokea kwa mikono miwili kura kubwa na muafaka wa kimataifa katika chombo muhimu cha kimataifa (Baraza Kuu la Umoja wa Mataifa), kuhusu azimio linalothibitisha haki ya Palestina kuwa mwanachama kamili na kuipa haki na faida zaidi ndani ya Umoja wa Mataifa na taasisi na matawi yake mbalimbali.

Wizara ya Mambo ya Nje na Wahamiaji imethibitisha kupitishwa na Baraza Kuu la Umoja wa Mataifa leo, Ijumaa, Mei 10, 2024, azimio linalohusu uanachama wa Palestina katika shirika hilo. Azimio hilo lilipata msaada kutoka kwa nchi 143, huku nchi 9 zikipinga, na nchi 25 zikijizuia kupiga kura.

Wizara ilibainisha kuwa azimio hili linathibitisha kuwa Palestina inakidhi mahitaji yote yaliyotajwa katika Mkataba wa Umoja wa Mataifa, hasa Ibara ya Nne, hivyo inastahili na inakidhi vigezo vya uanachama kamili katika Umoja wa Mataifa.

Wizara ilinasitiza kuwa kura ya leo ni ujumbe wazi wa kuthibitisha kutoka kwa jumuiya ya kimataifa kuhusu haki ya asili, kihalali, na kihistoria ya watu wa Palestina katika kujiamulia, matumaini yao ya ukombozi, uhuru, na kuishi kwenye ardhi yao kwa amani na usalama kama watu wengine ulimwenguni.

Imeongeza kuwa hatua hii ni sehemu ya juhudi za kulinda na kudumisha suluhisho la mataifa mawili kwa kumaliza ukoloni na utawala wa kibaguzi wa Israel na kufikia amani na utulivu, licha ya dhulma za kihistoria zilizowapata watu wa Palestina tangu Nakba mwaka 1947 hadi sasa, zilizodhihirika leo katika sura mbaya zaidi ya mauaji ya kimbari na uhalifu wa vita na uhalifu dhidi ya binadamu uliofanywa na mashine za mauaji za Kizayuni dhidi ya watu wetu katika Ukanda wa Gaza kwa zaidi ya siku 217.

Wizara ya Mambo ya Nje inasisitiza kuwa kuimarisha hadhi ya Palestina katika Umoja wa Mataifa ni kuimarisha amani na suluhisho la kidiplomasia, la pande mbili na msingi wa sheria za kimataifa, na haki zisizoweza kubadilishwa za watu wa Palestina.

Katika muktadha huu, Wizara ya Mambo ya Nje na Wahamiaji inazishukuru nchi zilizotangaza na kupiga kura kwa ajili ya azimio hilo, na kurejesha wito wake kwa nchi zinazounga mkono suluhisho la mataifa mawili na usalama na utulivu katika eneo kutambua Palestina kwa njia ya moja kwa moja. Wizara pia imezitaka nchi zilizopinga azimio au kujizuia kupiga kura kufanyia mapitio misimamo yao na kusimama upande sahihi, upande wa haki na mshikamano na watu wa Palestina katika safari yao ya kupata haki zao zote halali, ikiwemo haki ya kujiamulia kwa ardhi yao, uhuru wa Jimbo la Palestina, na kurudi kwa wakimbizi katika nyumba zao walizofurushwa kufuatia Uamuzi wa 194.