deadline for the parent company to divest or potentially face a ban here in the us, before we go onto those three pieces of key foreign samantha. . ~ those three pieces of key foreign samantha. ., ,, , ., , those three pieces of key foreign samantha. . ~ , ., , . ~ samantha. thank you very much. we will keep an samantha. thank you very much. we will keep an eye samantha. thank you very much. we will keep an eye on samantha. thank you very much. we will keep an eye on that samantha. thank you very much. we will keep an eye on that and - samantha. thank you very much. we will keep an eye on that and get - will keep an eye on that and get back to you when we get more on that vote to 80 ukraine. the palestinian authority will reconsider bilateral relations with the us after washington vetoed a request forfull un membership. the palestinian authority has had observer status since 2012 but cannot vote in proceedings. on thursday, 12 countries voted in favour of the resolution with t
the us, a permanent member of the security council, argued that an independent palestinian state should be established through direct negotiations between israel and the palestinian authority and not through un action. we also have long been clear that premature actions here in new york, even with the best intentions, will not achieve statehood for the palestinian people. as members of the security council, we have a special responsibility to ensure that our actions further the cause of international peace and security and are consistent with the requirements for the un charter. as reflected in the report of the admission committee, there was not unanimity among committee members as to whether the applicant met the criteria for membership. the palestinian authority has had observer status but cannot vote in proceedings. of the 15 council members, 12 voted yes. the two remaining, britain and switzerland, abstained. we agree that the people of the west bank and gaza must be given the pol
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its frustration. we know the frustrations on the us administration on this. before any improvement on those two elements, access to the humanitarian aid and the ceasefire hostage release negotiations, i don t think there is much the international community can do. . ~ , ., , much the international community can do. ., ~ , . much the international community can do. ., ~ , . ., much the international community can do. ., , . ., do. thank you very much for your thou~hts do. thank you very much for your thoughts today. in the last hour the united states has vetoed a bid in the un security council to grant the palestinians full un member status. the palestinian authority has had observer status but cannot vote in proceedings. 12 security council members voted in favour of the resolution and two abstained. let s speak to our north america correspondentjohn sudworth who s at the united nations where the vote took place. john, help us understand the us s position on this better. they aren
various parties, notjust the members of the security council but other invited and interested parties. israel was there, palestine was there in its observer status. but after a day of discussion, to be honest, what many people expected has transpired. it was brought to a vote just a few minutes ago and although there were 12 members of the security council voting in support of the motion to grant that full status, the resolution failed as a result of the united states using its veto. that was long anticipated and there has been clearly heavy lobbying behind the scenes from the us. it is very clear to see it did not want to be. use its veto but it signalled in advance that where the vote to be brought, it would have no choice but