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Palestine assumes chairmanship of G77, UN's largest bloc

At UN ceremony, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Israel has blocked development in the occupied territories
UN General Assembly in 2017 adopted resolution granting observer-state Palestine additional rights to act as chair of G77 (AFP)
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Published date: 16 January 2019 11:36 GMT | Last update: 6 years 3 months ago
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