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May 7, 2018       Share:    

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-un/israel-withdraws-from-race-for-u-n-security-council-seat-idUSKBN1I52B4

Israel Postpones Candidacy for UN Security Council Seat

(Reuters) Michelle Nichols - Israel withdrew on Friday from a race against Germany and Belgium for two seats on the UN Security Council in 2019-20 allocated to the Western European and Others Group. Richard Grenell, who was the U.S. spokesman at the UN from 2001 to 2009, said the U.S. had brokered a deal in the 1990s with the regional group to allow Israel to run uncontested for a Security Council seat. "Israel has waited 19 years. The U.S. must demand that Europe keep its word," he said.

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