And delighted they were to poke a finger in the American and Israeli eyes they were, too.
[IsraelTimes] The Paleostinian delegation wins the right to fly its flag at the World Health Organization after a symbolic victory in a vote that its envoy hopes will lead to greater recognition within the United Nations...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
and beyond.
The proposal, brought by China, Pakistain, Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...and others, at the global agency’s annual assembly in Geneva passes with 95 in favor and four against — Israel, Hungary, Czech Republic and Germany — and 27 abstentions.
Israel argued against the WHO resolution. Its main ally, the United States, which plans to exit the WHO, did not participate.
La Belle France and Japan voted in favor of the proposal while Britannia abstained.
"It is symbolic and one act but a sign that we are part of an international community to help on health needs," the Paleostinian Authority’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Ibrahim Khraishi, tells Rooters. "I hope we will soon have full membership of the WHO and all UN forums."
Last week, the Paleostinians won the right to receive notifications under the WHO’s International Health Regulations — a set of global rules for monitoring outbreaks.