143 countries, including Russia, voted in favor of the decision to accept Palestine’s full membership in the United Nations. Who was against it?

Yesterday, Friday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the State of Palestine’s eligibility for full membership in the United Nations. The resolution recommends that the Security Council reconsider this issue positively.

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143 countries voted in the United Nations General Assembly in favor of supporting Palestine’s request for full membership in the United Nations, 25 countries abstained from voting, and 9 countries voted against the text, so who was for and who was against? Who abstained from voting?

143 countries voted in favor of the resolution: Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei. , Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Cuba, Cyprus, North Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador , Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan , Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar , Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Grenadines , San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, East Timor, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan , Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

9 countries voted against the resolution: Argentina, Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, Micronesia, United States, Papal New Guinea, Nauru, and Palau.

25 countries abstained from voting: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Fiji, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Paraguay, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Sweden. , Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vanuatu.

Resolution items

During the resumption of its tenth emergency special session, which was held under the title: “Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory,” the General Assembly adopted the resolution, submitted by the Arab Group and a number of other countries, stipulating that the State of Palestine qualifies for membership in the United Nations in accordance with Article 4 of the Charter of the United Nations and “should therefore be admitted as a member”  of the organization. It recommends that the Security Council positively reconsider this issue. 

In accordance with the resolution, the General Assembly decides, on an exceptional basis - and without this setting a precedent - to adopt several methods to secure the participation of the State of Palestine in the sessions and work of the General Assembly and the international conferences held under its auspices and other United Nations organs.

The resolution reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including their independent state: Palestine.

It calls on the international community to make renewed and coordinated efforts to end the Israeli occupation that began in 1967, and to reach a just, lasting and peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in accordance with international law and relevant United Nations resolutions.