Gilmore backs Palestinian bid for UN membership

TÁNAISTE Eamon Gilmore yesterday offered his full support for Palestine’s bid for membership of the United Nations during his address to the General Assembly in New York.

The 15-member UN Security Council will meet tomorrow to consider the Palestinian application.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade was speaking on the last day of a busy trip to the US and he used the opportunity to deliver a strong message, saying “after 20 years of failed initiatives, disillusionment about the capacity of the political process to deliver a settlement is deepening”.