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Related Topics World » United Nations » Related Video UNESCO gives Palestinians full membership 9:29am EDT UNESCO president comments on admitting Palestinians full membership The U.S. on why it didn't vote for Palestinians' full membership to UNESCO 1 of 4. Delegates applaud after the vote at the UNESCO headquarters where the United Nations' cultural agency decided to give the Palestinians full membership of the body, a vote that will boost their bid for recognition as a state at the United Nations, during the 36th session of UNESCO's General Conference in Paris, October 31, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Benoit Tessier By John Irish PARIS | Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:49am EDT PARIS (Reuters) - The United Nations' cultural agency decided Monday to give the Palestinians full membership of the body, a vote that will boost their bid for recognition as a state at the United Nations. UNESCO is the first U.N. agency the Palestinians have joined as a full member since President Mahmoud Abbas applied for full membership of the United Nations on September 23. The United States, Canada, Germany and Holland voted against Palestinian membership. Brazil, Russia, China, India, South Africa and France voted in favor. Britain and Italy abstained. Washington is likely to cut funding to UNESCO over the vote. "The action today will complicate our ability to support UNESCO," David T. Killion, U.S. ambassador to UNESCO, told journalists after the vote. "The U.S. has been clear for the need of a two-state resolution, but the only path is through direct negotiations and there are no shortcuts, and initiatives like today are counterproductive." The vote highlighted divisions over foreign policy within the European Union, some of whose 27 members voted for and some against Palestinian membership. Austrian UNESCO ambassador Ursula Plassnik, whose country voted in favor, said she regretted the European Union could not arrive at a common position on the Palestinian issue. The Palestinians obtained backing from two thirds of UNESCO's members to become the 195th member of UNESCO, with status as "an observer entity." Of 173 countries that voted from a possible 185, 107 voted in favor, 14 voted against, 52 abstained and 12 were absent. Forty representatives of the 58-member board has voted in favor of putting the matter to a vote earlier this month, with four -- the United States, Germany, Romania and Latvia -- voting against and 14 abstaining. Admission will be seen by the Palestinians as a moral victory in their bid for full U.N. membership but could be costly for UNESCO. U.S. legislation stipulates that it can cut off funding to any U.N. agency that grants full membership to Palestinians. Israel called the vote a "tragedy." "This resolution is a tragedy for UNESCO...UNESCO deals in science and not science fiction and nevertheless (UNESCO) adopted the science fiction reality," said Nimrod Barkan, Israel's ambassador to UNESCO. Israel has said the Palestinian bid would amount to politicization of the agency that would undermine its ability to carry out its mandate. (editing by Philippa Fletcher) World United Nations Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (11) JamVee wrote: I feel it’s unfair for the US to demand direct negotiations by the Palistinians, with Israel as the only possible route. Those “negotiations” have been going on for, what seems like eons, with ZERO success. Not to mention that Israel, in many cases, has been equally guilty of sabotaging the so-called peace process. Oct 31, 2011 8:16am EDT -- Report as abuse Adel_1980 wrote: It is obvious why Israel is scared of this. The historical sites will be declared as Palestinian heritage making them impossible to destroy by Israel. Should the application be successful, Palestinian officials say they will call on Unesco to recognise key monuments in the occupied Palestinian territories as world heritage sites. Top of the list is the famous Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, which is built over the site where Jesus is believed to have been born. It is a win-win situation for Palestinians and marks the end of the United States reign over the middle east. Oct 31, 2011 8:34am EDT -- Report as abuse AJMirza wrote: “Britain abstained” – its almost funny. Trying to be in two boats at the same time. Oct 31, 2011 8:53am EDT -- Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment Social Stream (What's this?) 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