Is Petro the reason that Palestine can enter the UN?

The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, assured this Friday that The initiative to recognize Palestine as a State before the UN “was initially promoted by Colombia” after an overwhelming majority of 143 States asked again today in the General Assembly to reconsider their integration as a full State.

Only nine countries voted against, including USA, Israel, Argentina, Hungary and the Czech Republic, and 25 abstained in this resolution that was co-sponsored by Spain, Ireland, Norway and Belgium, along with more than seventy countries. The coordination of the European Union was once again called into question.

However, the Security Council has the last wordwhich already rejected the full membership of Palestine on April 18 with the only blocking vote of the United States.

“The proposal for recognition of the Palestinian State at the UN was initially promoted by Colombia, it achieved support from the majority of Latin American countries and then Latin America achieved consensus with Africa and the Arab League“said the Colombian head of state, who since the war broke out has fervently shown his support for the Palestinian cause.