Celebrations as Unesco vote to give Palestinians full membership

Oct. 31 - The United States says it has stopped funding UNESCO, the U.N. cultural agency, following its vote to grant the Palestinians full membership. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Amid loud applause and cheers for yes votes, Unesco members vote one-by-one on whether to allow Palestinians full membership to the cultural agency.
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3:40PM GMT 31 Oct 2011

Unesco is the first UN agency the Palestinians have sought to join as a full member since President Mahmoud Abbas applied for full membership of the United Nations on Sept 23.

Huge cheers went up in Unesco after delegates voted to approve the membership. One shouted "Long Live Palestine!" in French.

The United States, Canada and Germany voted against Palestinian membership. Brazil, Russia, China, India, South Africa and France voted in favour. Britain abstained.