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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110523/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_un_bid
Palestinian UN Bid Requires Security Council Approval
(AP) Edith M. Lederer and Karin Laub - President Barack Obama threw down a gauntlet this weekend: no UN vote, he asserted, would ever create a Palestinian state. By a strict reading of UN rules, an American veto at the Security Council - which appears likely - would seem to derail any attempt to win recognition of Palestine as a UN member from the General Assembly. The UN Charter states the admission of new members "will be effected by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council." The General Assembly has never admitted a member without a favorable ruling of the Security Council, said John B. Quigley, an international law professor at Ohio State University.