Canada abstains from UN assembly vote backing Palestinian bid for membership

Dozens of delegates sit in rows in a large conference room at the United Nations.

The UN General Assembly has voted by a wide margin to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestinian representatives and called on the Security Council to favourably reconsider their request to have a Palestinian state become the 194th member of the United Nations.

CBC | World News

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