The 79th session of the UN General Assembly kicked off in New York with the presence of the representatives of Palestine, which have been given a seat in the General Assembly Hall next to the UN member states. Palestine is not a full member of the 193 member UN body.
The Palestinian Authority’s envoy to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, took his place on Tuesday afternoon at a table marked “State of Palestine” between Sri Lanka and Sudan.
Palestine’s Permanent Mission to the UN posted a clip on social media on the intervention by Ambassador of Egypt and President of General Assembly confirming the new seating of the State of Palestine.