FM: John Whitbeck
The UN General Assembly has today approved the State of
Palestine's resolution calling for ending the illegal Israeli
occupation of Palestine in accordance with international law,
as recently confirmed by the definitive opinion of
International Court of Justice.
The vote was 124 in favor and 14 against with 43 states
abstaining and 12 states not voting.
Transmitted below is the list of shame of those states which,
by being unwilling to support even this non-binding resolution
on a matter of principle, have made clear that they do not
believe that international law should be respected and
complied with and do not believe that 57 years of brutal and
illegal occupation is long enough and should end:
NEGATIVE VOTES (14):
Argentina, Czechia, Fiji, Hungary, Israel, Malawi, Micronesia,
Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga, Tuvalu and
United States
ABSTENTIONS (43):
Albania, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Congo
(DRC), Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Ethiopia, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, India,
Italy, Kenya, Kiribati, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
Moldova, Nepal, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Panama, Poland,
Romania, Rwanda, Samoa, Serbia, Slovakia, South Korea, South
Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay
and Vanuatu
Support for the "principles" regarding Russia/Ukraine being
asserted by states of the Global West is unlikely to be
enhanced among the states of the Global Rest by the Western
votes on this resolution.