NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday abstained in the UN General Assembly on a resolution demanding that Israel end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory within 12 months, “without delay”.
The 193-member General Assembly adopted the resolution with overwhelming support, as 124 nations voted in favour, 14 against and 43, including India, abstained.
The vote came in the middle of the 10th emergency special session considering Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Those abstaining included Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Nepal, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. While UK abstained despite backing the two-state solution, Japan voted in favour, saying Tokyo attaches great importance to the International Court of Justice and its work. As stated in the Court’s advisory opinion, Japan said Israeli settlement activities undermine the advancement of a two-state solution.
Israel and US were among the nations who voted against the resolution titled: ‘Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and from the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory’.
The resolution adopted Wednesday demanded that “Israel brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which constitutes a wrongful act of a continuing character entailing its international responsibility, and do so no later than 12 months from the adoption of the present resolution.”
The Palestinian-drafted resolution also strongly deplored the continued and total disregard and breaches by the govt of Israel of its obligations under the Charter of the UN, international law and the relevant UN resolutions, and stressed that such breaches seriously threaten regional and international peace and security.
The 193-member General Assembly adopted the resolution with overwhelming support, as 124 nations voted in favour, 14 against and 43, including India, abstained.
The vote came in the middle of the 10th emergency special session considering Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Those abstaining included Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Nepal, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. While UK abstained despite backing the two-state solution, Japan voted in favour, saying Tokyo attaches great importance to the International Court of Justice and its work. As stated in the Court’s advisory opinion, Japan said Israeli settlement activities undermine the advancement of a two-state solution.
Israel and US were among the nations who voted against the resolution titled: ‘Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and from the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory’.
The resolution adopted Wednesday demanded that “Israel brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which constitutes a wrongful act of a continuing character entailing its international responsibility, and do so no later than 12 months from the adoption of the present resolution.”
The Palestinian-drafted resolution also strongly deplored the continued and total disregard and breaches by the govt of Israel of its obligations under the Charter of the UN, international law and the relevant UN resolutions, and stressed that such breaches seriously threaten regional and international peace and security.