Our decision to vote against reflects Australia's strong concern that consideration of Palestinian membership in UNESCO is premature. The matter of Palestinian membership of the UN has recently been placed before the UN Security Council for its consideration. We should allow the United Nations Security Council process to run its course rather than seek first to address this question in different UN fora. Our decision also reflects our concerns with the possible implications of a successful vote on UNESCO funding.
The Security Council course is still being run in 2019 with the finishing line nowhere in sight and UNESCO's funding in tatters.
UNESCO's credibility, integrity and self-created fantasy dream world has imploded.
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UNESCO's seven-year love affair with a non-existent "Palestine" has produced an international humanitarian crisis.
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International - an organisation calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at www.jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.
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