Al Jazeera English: US envoy terms Palestine's approaching of UN as "unilateral action", despite backing of over 120 countries.
The US is to oppose Palestine's application to the UN for full membership status when the body's General Assembly convenes in September.
Rosemary DiCarlo, the US deputy ambassador to the UN, said that the US would not support "unilateral action" by the Palestinians at the UN.
DiCarlo was speaking at the final, regular UN Security Council discussion about the Israeli-Palestinian situation.
In response to DiCarlo's statement, Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian UN observer, said that with more than 120 countries already recognising an independent Palestinian state, any UN action, whether at the Security Council or the General Assembly, would not be unilateral.
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