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fundamental as the right to self determination is not supported.
Harper knows the jewsmedia will not report this. Immediately below is
the vote, then the resolution.
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Vote on Palestinian self-determination
The draft resolution on the right of the Palestinian people to self-
determination (document A/64/438) was adopted by a recorded vote of
176 in favour to 6 against, with 3 abstentions, as follows:
In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua
and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,
Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,
Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape
Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia,
Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,
Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany,
Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana,
Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq,
Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon,
Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria,
Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of
Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino,
Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand,
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad
and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine,
United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania,
Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of),
Nauru, Palau, United States.
Abstain: Cameroon, Canada, Tonga.
Absent: Gambia, Kiribati, Myanmar, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles,
Somalia, Vanuatu.
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UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
3 November 2009
Aware that the development of friendly relations among nations, based
on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of
peoples, is among the purposes and principles of the United Nations,
as defined in the Charter,
Recalling, in this regard, its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October
1970 entitled “Declaration on Principles of International Law
concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in
accordance with the Charter of the United Nations”,
Bearing in mind the International Covenants on Human Rights,1 the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights,2the Declaration on the Granting
of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples3 and the Vienna
Declaration and Programme of Action adopted at the World Conference on
Human Rights on 25 June 1993,4
Recalling the Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary
of the United Nations,5
Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration,6
Recalling further the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the
International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the
Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,7 and
noting in particular the reply of the Court, including on the right of
peoples to self-determination, which is a right erga omnes,8
Recalling the conclusion of the Court, in its advisory opinion of 9
July 2004, that the construction of the wall by Israel, the occupying
Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem, along with measures previously taken, severely impedes the
right of the Palestinian people to self-determination,9
Expressing the urgent need for the resumption of negotiations within
the Middle East peace process, based on the relevant United Nations
resolutions, the Madrid terms of reference, including the principle of
land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative and the Quartet road map,10
and for the speedy achievement of a just, lasting and comprehensive
peace settlement between the Palestinian and Israeli sides,
Stressing the need for respect for and preservation of the territorial
unity, contiguity and integrity of all of the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Recalling its resolution 63/165 of 18 December 2008,
Affirming the right of all States in the region to live in peace
within secure and internationally recognized borders,
1. Reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to self-
determination, including the right to their independent State of
Palestine;
2. Urges all States and the specialized agencies and organizations of
the United Nations system to continue to support and assist the
Palestinian people in the early realization of their right to self-
determination.
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