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Indonesia supports Palestine full UN membership
Indonesia supports Palestine’s bid to become a full member of the United Nations and has lobbied other countries to vote in favor of the membership, the Foreign Ministry said following a fresh request by Palestine to elevate its status from a nonmember observer state.
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Palestinians check the rubble of buildings in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip that were destroyed by overnight Israeli bombardment on March 27, 2024, amid Israel’s continuing conflict with Palestinian militant group Hamas. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
Indonesia supports Palestine’s bid to become a full member of the United Nations and has lobbied other countries to vote in favor of the membership, the Foreign Ministry said following a fresh request by Palestine to elevate its status from a nonmember observer state.
Promoting the recognition of Palestinian statehood has always been among Indonesia’s top foreign policy goals, the ministry said.
Amid persistent global ire over Israel’s ongoing siege of Gaza, the Palestinian Authority on Tuesday sent an application for full membership at the UN, where it has for the past 12 years been participating in but without the ability to vote on resolutions.
The request letter made to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres comes as the war between Israel and Palestine’s militant group Hamas enters its six months, with the latest death toll exceeding 33,000 people in Gaza and over 1,100 people in Israel.
The letter, sent by the Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour, “demanded” that the discussions on the membership take place “this month”.
Indonesia, a fervent advocate of the Palestinian cause, said on Wednesday that it not only fully supported the membership bid, but had also lobbied numerous countries to do the same.
“We have undertaken these efforts for a while now,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lalu M. Iqbal told The Jakarta Post.
