The United Nations Basic Meeting (UNGA) has voted for a direct, unconditional and everlasting ceasefire within the Gaza Strip.
The decision was permitted by 158 votes in favour out of the 193-member meeting on Wednesday, with 9 votes in opposition to and 13 abstentions.
Notably, it additionally marked the primary time that Germany and Italy voted in favour of a ceasefire in Gaza. Consequently, america is the one nation within the Group of Seven (G7) main industrialised nations that continues to oppose it.
Basic Meeting resolutions are usually not legally binding, however they maintain political significance, representing the worldwide opinion on Israel’s warfare in Gaza.
Here’s a breakdown of how every nation voted within the UNGA in New York Metropolis on Wednesday:
For (158):
A: Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan
B: Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi
C: Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus
D: Democratic Individuals’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic
E: Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia
F: Finland, France
G: Gabon, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana
H: Honduras
I: Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Eire, Italy
J: Jamaica, Japan, Jordan
Ok: Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan
L: Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg
M: Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar
N: Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway
O: Oman
P: Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal
Q: Qatar
R: Republic of Korea (South Korea), Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Rwanda
S: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria
T: Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, East Timor, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turkiye
U: Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
V: Vanuatu, Vietnam
Y: Yemen
Z: Zimbabwe
Towards (9):
A: Argentina
C: Czechia
H: Hungary
I: Israel
N: Nauru
P: Papua New Guinea, Paraguay
T: Tonga
U: United States
Abstained (13):
A: Albania
C: Cameroon
F: Fiji
G: Georgia
L: Lithuania
M: Malawi, Micronesia
P: Palau, Panama
S: Slovakia, South Sudan
T: Togo
U: Ukraine
