Here is Where Every Country Now Stands on a Ceasefire in Gaza: 153 in favor, 10 against


Here is Where Every Country Now Stands on a Ceasefire in Gaza
Moments ago, the United Nations General Assembly voted on a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Israel and Gaza. This vote at the General Assembly comes after the United States cast a lone veto at the Security Council last week, blocking a ceasefire resolution put forward by the United Arab Emirates.
Unlike the Security Council, no country holds a veto at the General Assembly which includes the entire membership the United Nations — 193 countries in all. Also unlike the Security Council, resolutions adopted by the General Assembly are non-binding and do not carry the force of international law. Still, votes like this are useful barometers of international attitudes and accordingly carry some political weight.
The resolution in question was drafted by Egypt and included about 100 co-sponsors. It was a short and straightforward resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire. Prior to the vote, the United States and Austria sought to include amendments to the resolution that would explicitly condemn the Hamas terror attacks on October 7. Those amendments failed to achieve the requisite two-thirds majority to be included in the final text of the full resolution.
The General Assembly then voted on the original Egyptian resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire. The resolution passed overwhelmingly: 153 in favor, 10 against, with 23 abstentions. Here is the country-by-country break down of that vote.
How does this vote compare to the previous ceasefire resolution at the General Assembly?
The last time the General Assembly considered a resolution calling for a humanitarian truce in Gaza and Israel was on October 26, when the General Assembly voted in favor, 120 to 14 (with 45 abstentions)
As you can see, support for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza has increased dramatically among UN Member states over the last month. 33 more countries have voted in favor, four fewer countries voted against, and the number of abstentions dropped by half. Several countries in Europe, India and key US allies like South Korea all voted in favor of this ceasefire resolutions after having abstained during the previous vote. It would seem that the longer this conflict persists, the more deeply the United States and Israel are becoming isolated.
- Previous Azeri “businessman” Gasan Sharipov of “Aqromal” com[any not to care damn a jackstraw to anybody in Baku. He is king of his own in tiny street, nobody and no law is above of his personal greed. He keeps spoiling a trade relations between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan
- Next Yemen peace plan at risk over Houthi attacks in shipping channels, says US
You may also like...
Recent Posts
- Separatist sentiment in Alberta, Saskatchewan at ‘historic’ highs
- Canada won’t recognize islamist regime in Syria unless Kurdish ‘de facto’ authority acknowledged: In tit-for-tat, Damascus will recognize regerendum in Alberta and Saskatchewan
- North Korea to the South Korea: president Lee is a ‘confrontation maniac’
- Vietnam is #2, after China, in Building Artificial Islands in Disputed Spratlys with Military Infrastructure in
- Tajikistan’s Rogun Dam Delayed Again: This Time World Bank Freezes Funding
- King Abdulla II of Jordan pays first ever state visit to Uzbekistan
- Indian latest missile test: nuclear-capable Agni-5 “could reach targets from Türkiye to China.”
- Are Iran and Russia out of South Caucasus!? Turks start speedy construction of 140-mile railway to connect to Zangezur corridor.
- Bee-size drones developed by MIT in US:and China catched up already. With AI, where this could lead Humanity and could end? :(
- What a “Great” Urban Architecture Marwell: Tajik President opens huge melon-shaped tea house
Random news
Views
- North Korea’s New Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile, the Hwasong-12: First Takeaways - 983 views
- Chinese military base in Djibouti necessary to protect key trade routes linking Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe - 967 views
- OIC, 57-nation Islamic body calls US travel ban a ‘grave concern’ - 698 views
- Goods from China start to be shipped by train to Europe: Luxembourg-Chengdu freight train route launched - 664 views
- What is wrong with JATECO Company’s business with Central Asian states!? Why Japanese standards of corporate governance and integrity in doing business are earning bad name with JATECO? - 623 views
- Kyrgyzstan actively working on start of construction of China—Kyrgyzstan—Uzbekistan railroad - 562 views
- Iran tested medium-range ballistic missile - 547 views
- Why Indians want to have white skin?! Pakistani authors thoughts. Article: The complexion of a new culture - 545 views
- China: Philippines can’t claim Benham Rise - 526 views
- Gabbard allies rush to her defense after Assad meeting - 511 views
About us
Our Newly established Center for study of Asian Affairs has
branches in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, as well as freelances in some other countries.
For inquires, please contact: newsofasia.info@yahoo.com Mr.Mohd Zarif - Secretary of the Center and administer of the web-site www.newsofasia.net
Polls
