Then last year, Mr. Obama delivered an impassioned call for Palestinian statehood within the next year, to be recognized, he said, in the United Nations.
Both the Bodos and the Nepali-speaking Gorkhas are staking a claim for statehood.
By 1848 Taylor had come to oppose the creation of new slave states, and in December 1849 he called for immediate statehood for California, whose new constitution explicitly prohibited slavery.
Late Monday, a Congress Party spokesman told the Indian news media that the central government would take no action on the issue until the Assembly in Andhra Pradesh passed a resolution calling for Telangana statehood.
While Scotland, Catalonia and Kurdistan have called for independent statehood, Canvey's residents are quite happy as part of the UK.
Now, Oliver is calling for full statehood for Washington, D.C., and his plea comes in the form of an unforgettable tune. .
Conversely, the Kurds — divided and abused in Syria, Turkey, Iran and Iraq — have a more urgent case for statehood.
George Bush ignored his call for immediate talks on Palestinian statehood, and hinted that a state may not emerge before the end of his presidential term.
Hind Khoury, a former Palestinian ambassador and government official, offered her frank assessment during a panel discussion at the New America Foundation, calling the U.N. vote "the moment of truth," for the Palestinian drive for statehood -- and peace negotiations in general.
