A UN Security Council committee has been unable to agree on a joint response to a renewed application for full membership of the United Nations for a state of Palestine. Two thirds of the members were in favour of the application, while five objected, said Malta’s UN Ambassador Vanessa Frazier, who currently chairs the relevant committee, after a meeting in New York on Thursday. Frazier said she would circulate a report on the matter among the members of the Security Council as soon as possible. It is considered unlikely that the committee will then recommend a vote on the motion in the Securi…