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United Nations Information Officer Nancy Groves accidentally substituted the number 1 for the number 2 in a tweet about the Palestinian bid for a homeland in the Middle East:
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the urgency of a two-state solution, of course — one for Palestinians and the other being Israel.
“I urge the parties to renew their commitment to a negotiated peace,” he said.
The tweet was scheduled to publish at 2 p.m., when Groves was in a meeting. Later, she explained in a subsequent tweet, “terrible typo on my part and then went into a telephone conference call before catching it.” The original tweet was deleted and the following corrected one was sent.
On Day of Solidarity w/ Palestinians, Ban Ki-moon stresses urgency of reaching 2-state solution j.mp/Shm6tH (corrected tweet)
— United Nations (@UN) November 29, 2012
The General Assembly voted Thursday afternoon to recognize Palestine as a non-member, observer state. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the vote “unfortunate and counterproductive.”
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and possible Clinton successor as Secretary of State Susan Rice tweeted the official position on the vote.
Long after the votes have been cast & speeches forgotten, it’s the Palestinians & Israelis who must still talk – and listen – to each other.
— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) November 29, 2012
We urge the parties to resume direct talks on all the issues that still divide them, without preconditions.
— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) November 29, 2012
The U.S. was one of nine countries to vote against recognition. The other “no” votes were Israel, Canada, the Czech Republic, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and Panama. Forty-one countries abstained.
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