United Nations grants upgraded status for Palestine on the anniversary of UN Resolution 181 November 29, 1947

United Nations grants upgrade status for Palestine on the anniversary of UN Resolution 181 November 29, 1947

Palestine is upgraded to the status of nonmember observer state in the United Nations

Xinhua

UNITED NATIONS– The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to grant an upgrade of the Palestinians status at the United Nations from “entity” to “non- member state,” which would amount to the world body’s implicit and symbolic recognition of the Palestinian statehood.

The 193 UN member states voted 138-9, with 41 abstentions, to support a draft resolution co-sponsored by about 70 countries, including China, Algeria, Angola, Brazil, Cuba, Jordan, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Qatar, Senegal, South Africa, Tajikistan, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.

Ten countries were added to the list of co- sponsors of the draft resolution.

Canada, Israel and the United States voted against the draft resolution.

After Vuk Jeremic, the president of the 67th session of the General Assembly, announced the result of the vote, the applause came from the hall of the General Assembly. Many ambassadors and diplomats came to shake hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to express their congratulations.

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United Nations General Assembly resolution

Yes
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina, Armenia
Austria, Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire
Cuba
Cyprus
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Finland
French Republic (France)
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Honduras
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Lesotho
Libya
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Qatar
Russian Federation (Russia)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United Republic of Tanzania
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

No
Canada
Czech Republic
Israel
Marshall Islands
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Nauru
Palau
Panama
United States of America

Abstain
Albania
Andorra
Australia
Bahamas
Barbados
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Colombia
Croatia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Estonia
Fiji
Germany
Guatemala
Haiti
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Malawi
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Netherlands
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay, Poland
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Rwanda
Samoa
San Marino
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Togo
Tonga
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Vanuatu

Absent
Equatorial Guinea
Kiribati
Liberia
Madagascar
Ukraine

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