AKIPRESS.COM - Palestine's flag will fly at the United Nations headquarters for the first time after the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a Palestinian-drafted resolution.

The move was supported by 119 out of the 193 UN members states.

Australia was among the eight nations that voted against the resolution, which states the flags of non-member observer states like Palestine "shall be raised at UN headquarters in New York and UN offices."

Israel, the United States and Canada also opposed the move.

Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah called the vote a step towards the recognition of Palestine as a full member of the United Nations.

The Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, welcomed the move, saying it was a show of international support.