On Friday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted 5 resolutions in favor of Palestine, by an overwhelming majority.
The first resolution, which called for providing assistance to Palestinian refugees, was supported by 151 countries, with 10 objecting and 14 abstaining.
The second resolution on the operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees “UNRWA”, which includes renewing its mandate for three years, received a majority of 145 countries, 10 objections, and 18 abstentions.
The third resolution, on Palestinian refugee properties and revenues from them, received the support of 157 countries, 10 countries objected, and 9 countries abstained from voting.
The fourth resolution, on the work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arab Populations in the Occupied Territories, received the support of 88 countries, 19 countries objected, and 64 countries abstained from voting.
The fifth resolution, on Israeli colonies in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan, received the support of 146 countries, the objection of 13 countries, and the abstention of 17 countries from voting.
The Permanent Representative of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, Minister Riyad Mansour, thanked the countries for this great support and the growing sympathy of the international community, especially the issue of Palestinian refugees, which comes in the midst of the barbaric Israeli aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
For his part, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini appreciated the overwhelming vote of the United Nations General Assembly to renew UNRWA’s mandate for three years, stressing that the resolution reflects broad solidarity from all over the world with the refugees of Palestine.
He added in a statement today that the resolution also represents an acknowledgment of the responsibility of the international community to support the humanitarian and human development needs of Palestinian refugees, until a just and lasting solution to their decades-long suffering is reached.
The Commissioner-General of UNRWA stressed the need for this vote to be translated into a real commitment, and to provide the necessary resources to ensure the fulfillment of this mandate.
