The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted overwhelmingly to support the Palestinian bid for full UN membership by recognizing it as qualified to join and recommending the UN Security Council “favorably reconsider the matter.”
Membership can only be decided by the UN Security Council, and last month the United States vetoed a bid for full membership.
The current resolution does not grant Palestinians full membership, but recognizes them as qualified to join, and grants Palestine more participation and some rights within the United Nations General Assembly.
Here's a breakdown of how each country voted at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Friday:
For (143):
A: Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan
B: Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi
C: Cape Verde, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus
D: Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic
E: East Timor, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia
F: France
G: Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana
H: Haiti, Honduras
I: Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Ivory Coast
J: Jamaica, Japan, Jordan
K: Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan
L: Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg
M: Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar
N: Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway
Or: Oman
Q: Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal
Q: Qatar
A: Republic of Korea (South Korea), Russia, Rwanda
S: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria
T: Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye
U: Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
V: Vietnam
Y: Yemen
Z: Zambia, Zimbabwe
Thank you to the people of the world, the nations and the majority of States that voted for Palestinian self-determination, for the existence and future of Palestine. Thank you for defending humanity, the United Nations Charter, and freedom and justice. From now on, until Member 194 🇵🇸🇺🇳 pic.twitter.com/H15egK4zwj
— State of Palestine (@Palestine_UN) May 10, 2024
Against (9):
A: Argentina
C: Czech Republic
High: Hungary
Me: Israel
M: Micronesia
North: Nauru
Q: Palau, Papua New Guinea
U: United States
Abstentions (25):
A: Albania, Austria
B: Bulgaria
C: Canada, Croatia
F: Fiji, Finland
G: Georgia, Germany
Me: Italy
L: Latvia, Lithuania
M: Malawi, Marshall Islands, Monaco
N: Netherlands, North Macedonia
Q: Paraguay
A: Republic of Moldova, Romania
S: Sweden, Switzerland
U: Ukraine, United Kingdom
V: Vanuatu
