India on Friday voted in favour of a draft UN General Assembly resolution that said Palestine is qualified and should be admitted as full member of the UN and recommended that the Security Council “reconsider” the matter “favourably”.

The 193-member General Assembly met for an emergency special session where the Arab Group resolution “Admission of new Members to the UN”, in support of the State of Palestine’s full membership in the UN, was presented by the UAE, as Chair of the Arab Group in May.

The resolution got 143 votes in favour, including by India, nine against and 25 abstentions. The UNGA hall broke into an applause after the vote was cast.

The resolution determined that “the State of Palestine is qualified for membership in the UN” in accordance with Article 4 of the Charter of the UN and “should therefore be admitted to membership in the UN”.

It recommended that the Security Council “reconsider the matter favourably, in the light of this determination”.