In a moment fraught with symbolism, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stood under a pelting rain watching his red, black, green and white flag slowly rose for the first time over the headquarters of a United Nations agency.
在这个具有象征意义的时刻，巴勒斯坦总统阿巴斯站在倾盆大雨下看着自己国家的国旗第一次在联合国教科文组织总部上空缓缓升起。
Abbas was greeted by thunderous applause by foreign dignitaries and journalists, gathered at the Paris headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to celebrate the agency's latest member. 阿巴斯受到了成千上万聚集在教科文组织巴黎总部的外国政要和记者们的热烈欢迎，他们一起庆祝联合国教科文组织的最近一个成员国的加入。
Help Mr. Abbas' larger statehood bid, UNESCO's general assembly voted in October to admit Palestine as its 195th member, over strong objections by Israel and the United States.
在推进阿巴斯国家地位提高的投票中，10月份联合国教科文组织的联合国大会上组织不顾以色列和美国的强烈反对而准许巴勒斯坦成为其第195个成员国。
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