UN committee votes for resolution on Palestinian sovereignty over natural resources
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UN committee votes for resolution on Palestinian sovereignty over natural resources The Second Committee, the United Nations General Assembly's Economic and Financial Committee,…
The Second Committee, the United Nations General Assembly's Economic and Financial Committee, adopted a draft resolution establishing 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" on Wednesday, Wafa news reported.
The motion was put forward by the Group of 77 and China, and a total of 151 countries voted in favour of it, including all member states of the European Union and Canada.
Just seven countries voted against it - the US, Israel, Colombia, Paraguay, Palau, Nauru, and Micronesia - and 11 countries abstained.
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