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Australia backs UN resolution recognising ‘permanent sovereignty’ of Palestinians in major departure (www.theguardian.com)
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At a UN committee vote on Thursday, Australia voted with 158 other countries, including the UK and New Zealand, on a resolution to recognise the “permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources”.

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[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Seven, including the US, Israel and Canada, voted against the resolution while 11 others abstained. The vote will now proceed to the UN general assembly.

Isn't this the kind of thing America vetoes? Or is this another process?

[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's a separate process as per https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1116982 and https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1148896 - this resolution is in the UN General Assembly, whereas vetos apply to things that get sent to the UN Security Council.

When the USSR tried to use it's veto to end the Korean war, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United/_Nations/_General/_Assembly/_Resolution/377/(V got passed to provide authorization to allow the UN members to continue fighting in support of South Korea.

Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency/_special/_session/_of/_the/_United/_Nations/_General/_Assembly

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Thanks for the reads.

[–] small44@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Isn't voting against this literally mean that they think Israel already annexed the West bank?