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Article: Unfulfilled: the holy see backs off from its claim for full membership of the UN, settling for the rights already held by Palestine.
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- Conscience
- Article date:
- December 22, 2004
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AFTER SKILLFUL LOBBYING and diplomacy, including a year and a half of publicly announcing that it was considering full membership of the United Nations, the Holy See "settled" for an increase in its rights as a Nonmember State Permanent Observer. But the full membership the Holy See apparently sought was not forthcoming.
On July 1, 2004, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution (A/RES/58/314) granting the Holy See new rights for participation in the General Assembly, but made no change in the Holy See's status as Non-member State Permanent Observer. The Holy See is the only entity to hold such status since Switzerland became a full member in 2002.
The ...