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.