US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power defended her position against a Palestinian draft resolution calling for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories by late 2017 in a speech to the 15-nation council. 'The United States every day searches for new ways to take constructive steps to support the parties in making progress toward achieving a negotiated settlement,' she said. 'The Security Council resolution put before us today is not one of those constructive steps,' she said, adding that it would undermine efforts to achieve a two-state solution. 'This text addresses the concerns of only one side.'
