The Palestine Liberation Organization has failed in its two-week attempt to convince United Nations Security Council members to agree on a statement critical of tough new measures by Israel in the administered territories.
Security Council members were unable to reach the consensus necessary for a statement, after the United States said a draft was one-sided and should be rewritten to call for restraint on both sides of the Palestinian uprising.
The United States is one of five permanent members of the council, each with the power to veto resolutions.
Any move to break the stalemate will have to wait until the new president of the Security Council, Ambassador Jai Pratap Rana of Nepal, sets an agenda for the coming weeks. Rana’s one-month term as president began Wednesday.
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