UN Security Council Meets On Palestine, But No Vote For At Least Weeks

By Kenneth R. Bazinet

Do not be fooled by today’s closed-door meeting at the United Nations Security Council: It will be a long slog before any votes or vetoes are cast in the Palestinian statehood issue.

The UN Security Council will not set up a committee to review Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s application for statehood (formally presented last Friday) until then end of this week, at the earliest.

So while the UN Security Council is meeting privately to discuss the future of Palestine, we are talking weeks, perhaps months, before a vote is taken, the CBC reports.

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