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(FILE) This file picture shows Riyad Mansour (back, C), Palestine Ambassador to the United Nations with Majed Abdulfattah (L), Basem al Baz (2nd R) and Ahmad Dari (R) carrying a symbolic Palestinian seat to a meeting with UN General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser September 15, 2011 at UN headquarters in New York ahead of preparations to request UN membership for Palestine. A Palestinian bid for enhanced UN status will come before the United Nations General Assembly for a vote this week, just a year after a failed attempt to secure full state membership. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images)