Returning to the subject, Palestine has failed to get Security Council support for its membership bid.
US did not need to use its veto.

BBC said, "The Palestinians never expected to win at the Security Council, as the US has said it would veto the request, our correspondent reports.

But she says the Palestinians hoped to muster the nine votes needed to pass a resolution, and so to expose the US as the main obstacle to their bid.

Although European states in the council sympathise with the Palestinians, our correspondent adds, they share Washington's concern that the bid could harm chances of reviving US-led Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and ignite violence in the region. "