United Nations bodies ask for America to retract visa restrictions towards Palestinians
In a significant development, the European Union's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has criticized the U.S. visa sanctions against the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). This criticism was expressed following a meeting of foreign ministers in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The meeting, attended by representatives from all 27 EU member states, was held in the Danish capital. Kallas urged a reconsideration of the U.S. decision to impose visa sanctions on the Palestinian Authority and the PLO.
Despite the visa sanctions, the Palestinian Authority mission to the United Nations, which has only observer status at the UN, is not affected. The U.S. visa sanctions do not restrict the travel of the representatives of the Palestinian Authority mission to the United Nations, nor do they apply to the diplomatic activities of the mission.
Moreover, the sanctions do not prevent the Palestinian Authority mission from attending the UN General Assembly in New York, where several countries, including France, Canada, and Australia, plan to recognize a Palestinian state in September.
The U.S. visa sanctions do not impede the work of the Palestinian Authority mission in representing the Palestinian Authority at the UN or participating in international meetings or events. It is worth noting that the official Palestinian Authority mission to the United Nations is exempt from the U.S. visa sanctions.
Interestingly, the name of the person who proposed among the affected states to revise the U.S. visa sanctions against representatives of the Palestinian Authority and the PLO is not mentioned in the available search results.
The UN General Assembly, scheduled to take place in New York, could potentially see the absence of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and numerous other individuals due to the visa sanctions. However, the impact on the Palestinian Authority's representation at the UN remains minimal.
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