Palestinian NGO closes in on consultative status at UN
The Palestinian Return Center has taken a step toward consultative status as a nongovernmental organization dealing with Palestinian refugee issues, a recommendation that still needs ratification by the UN's Economic and Social Council.
COLOGNE, Germany — The United Nations recommended on June 1 granting the Palestinian Return Center (PRC) a consultative status at the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) and said the finalization of this status would take place in July.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations accepted the PRC's membership by a majority of 12 votes. Sudan, China, Iran, South Africa, Turkey, Pakistan, Cuba, Azerbaijan, Venezuela, Mauritania, Guinea and Nicaragua were among the states that supported the resolution while the United States, Israel and Uruguay voted against it and Russia, Greece and India abstained.
