September 11, 2024 2:40 PM

“Historic moment”: Palestine takes seat among UN member states at 79th General Assembly Session

The 79th session of the UN General Assembly commenced in New York on Tuesday, with Palestine, although not a full UN member, being allocated a seat alongside the member states in the General Assembly Hall. Palestinian envoy Riyad Mansour took his place at a table labeled "State of Palestine" between Sri Lanka and Sudan. The Permanent Mission of Palestine to the UN shared a social media clip of Egyptian Ambassador Osama Mahmoud Abdelkhalek Mahmoud raising a point of order to confirm the new seat...