NEW YORK (Dispatches) – 
Palestine’s Mission to the UN has announced that it will participate in the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (GA) for the first time with an official seat, Anadolu reports.
“Starting the 79th GA session, and for the first time, you can find the State of Palestine seated between Sri Lanka and Sudan,” the mission wrote on X, adding that the position comes following a resolution being adopted at the General Assembly.
The resolution, ES-10/23, grants Palestine additional rights and privileges for participation at the UN, marking a notable enhancement of its status within the international organization.
In May, the General Assembly endorsed a resolution calling for the reevaluation of Palestine’s UN membership bid and granting additional rights.
The resolution was adopted with 143 member states voting in favor. The U.S. was among nine countries to oppose it, while 25 others abstained.
Earlier this year, the Intercept, an online American news organization revealed that the United States was reported to be secretly pushing members of the UN Security Council into rejecting Palestine’s bid to become a full member of the world body.
The countries being railroaded into rejecting the statehood included Malta, Ecuador and France, according to the report.
On the other side, officials from Spain, Australia and Ireland supported Palestinian statehood and hoped for recognition of the Palestinian statehood in the near-term.
Since 2011, the Security Council has rejected the Palestinian Authority’s request for full member status.
Palestine, recognized as a non-member observer state which is a de facto recognition of statehood, was granted this status by the 193-member UN General Assembly in 2012.
However, in order to become a full UN member, the Palestinian application must first be approved by the Security Council and then by at least two-thirds of the General Assembly.