Harsh UN resolution condemning Israel removed from agenda Haaretz

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Following a successful round of talks held Monday by Israeli ambassador to the UN, a resolution proposal containing harsh condemnations of Israel will not be voted on at the UN General Assembly this year. The proposal has been voted on in the last four years and won the support of most UN members.

The resolution on the state of Palestinian children and humanitarian aid they receive contains very negative references to Israel. Among other things it expresses serious concern for the fact Palestinian children are still denied basic rights anchored in the Convention on the Rights of Children.

The resolution also said the situation of Palestinian children in the occupied territories, including in East Jerusalem keeps deteriorating. According to the proposal the children's situation is gravely influenced by the continued blockades and attacks by Israel on Palestinian towns, villages and refugee camps.

Israel managed to garner sufficient support for its initiative to remove the proposal from the agenda of the current assembly and prevent a second vote. Israel's main support came from EU country members. The rejected proposal will be replaced by an old resolution on a Palestinian issue, but it will be devoid of any negative mentions of Israel.

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1. Would it matter? The US would veto the resolution and Israel has

ignored plenty of UN resolutions from the General Assembly in the past.

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[Coastie for Truth]

2. Counsellor, This was a General Assembly Resolution

(no veto in the GA - purely advisory) and not a Security Council Resolution (where there is a veto).

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3. You are correct. And Israel has ignored I think 72 UN GA resolutions in

the past.

[Coastie for Truth]

4. GA Resolutions generally are non-binding, "Sense of the GA" NT