United Nations’ press service said that Ambassador Riyad H. Mansour had a meeting with the Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Stephen Mathias “to transmit copies of instruments of accession of the State of Palestine, issued by H.E. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine.”
Palestine's Permanent Observer to the UN Riyad Mansour has presented the documents to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the United Nations Friday.
United Nations’ press service said that Ambassador Riyad H. Mansour had a meeting with the Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Stephen Mathias “to transmit copies of instruments of accession of the State of Palestine, issued by H.E. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine.”
[sputniknews.com]
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A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday described a Palestinian Authority (PA) request for Palestinian membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a "flagrant violation of [past] agreements."...
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"It [the PA] is not a state, but an entity that has a pact with a terrorist organization," Gendelman said, in reference to Palestinian faction Hamas.
"The PA's appeal to the ICC is a flagrant violation of the agreements that it has signed with Israel with the backing of the international community," the spokesman added.........................http://www.aa.com.tr/en/rss/444442--netanyahu-spokesman-blasts-pas-icc-bid
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