The Security Council rejected Palestine’s request for UN membership on Thursday, with the United States casting a veto.<br /><br />In a vote of 12 in favor to one against, with two abstentions (United Kingdom, Switzerland), the Council did not adopt an Algerian-proposed draft resolution that would have recommended the General Assembly to hold a vote with the broader UN membership to allow Palestine to join as a full UN Member State.<br /><br />Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour, at times emotional, told the council after the vote: "The fact that this resolution did not pass will not break our will and it will not defeat our determination. We will not stop in our effort."
