The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted overwhelmingly in favor of a Palestinian bid to become a full member of the UN, recognizing it as qualified to join and recommending the UN Security Council “reconsider the matter favorably”.
Membership can only be decided by the UN Security Council, and last month the US vetoed a bid for full membership.
The current resolution does not grant Palestinians full membership, but recognizes them as qualified to join, and gives Palestine more participation and some rights within the UNGA.
Here’s a summary of how each country voted at the UNGA in New York City on Friday:
For (143):
A: Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan
B: Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi
C: Cape Verde, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus
D: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic
E: East Timor, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia
F: France
G: Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana
H: Haiti, Honduras
I: Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Ivory Coast
J: Jamaica, Japan, Jordan
K: Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan
L: Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg
M: Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar
N: Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway
O: Oman
Q: Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal
Q: Qatar
A: Republic of Korea (South Korea), Russia, Rwanda
S: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname , Syria
T: Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye
U: Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
V: Vietnam
Y: Yemen
Z: Zambia, Zimbabwe
Thank you to the people of the world, the nations and the majority of states who voted for Palestinian self-determination, for Palestinian existence and future. Thank you for defending humanity, the UN Charter and freedom and justice. Onwards, until the 194th Member pic.twitter.com/H15egK4zwj
— State of Palestine (@Palestine_UN) May 10, 2024
Against (9):
A: Argentina
C: Czech Republic
H: Hungary
Me: Israel
M: Micronesia
N: Nauru
Q: Palau, Papua New Guinea
U: United States
Abstention (25):
A: Albania, Austria
B: Bulgaria
C: Canada, Croatia
F: Fiji, Finland
G: Georgia, Germany
Me: Italy
L: Latvia, Lithuania
M: Malawi, Marshall Islands, Monaco
N: Netherlands, North Macedonia
Q: Paraguay
A: Republic of Moldova, Romania
S: Sweden, Switzerland
U: Ukraine, United Kingdom
V: Vanuatu
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