WASHINGTON — They may have scored a victory at UNESCO, but the Palestinians are running into new obstacles on their push for statehood recognition at the UN.

The effort to pursue the issue at the UN Security Council has encountered a stumbling block in Bosnia, where the country’s Serbian co-president appears to have helped cost the Palestinians a crucial ninth vote.

Palestinian statehood run aground?
Thursday, 10 November 2011 11:23 Ron Kampeas, JTA

WASHINGTON — They may have scored a victory at UNESCO, but the Palestinians are running into new obstacles on their push for statehood recognition at the UN.

The effort to pursue the issue at the UN Security Council has encountered a stumbling block in Bosnia, where the country’s Serbian co-president appears to have helped cost the Palestinians a crucial ninth vote.

Meanwhile, UN officials are sending a strong message regarding any further efforts to get UN agencies to follow UNESCO’s lead in granting the Palestinians membership: Please stop.

“I believe this is not beneficial for Palestine and not beneficial for anybody,” Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, said in a Nov. 3 interview with AP.

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