BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that he plans to seek upgraded membership of Palestine at the UN, in his address to the world body's General Assembly.
He said "intensive consultations" were underway with UN members to secure a vote on Palestine being granted the status of 'observer state' before the end of the assembly's current session, "in order to enhance the chances for peace."
"Despite all the complexities of the prevailing reality and all the frustrations that abound, we say before the international community there is still a chance - maybe the last - to save the two-state solution and to salvage peace," Abbas told the delegates. more
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