 | | Looking at it by MsJoe
It was an extraordinary vote that will be etched in the psychic of nations as this ebbs the moral audacity of the United States. Never before has the fear of the super power been dulled by UN Members united in opposition to US position.
A/RES/72/15 of 30 November 2017 on the Status of Jerusalem at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on December 21, 2017.
The vehement reactions from the United States and Israel make the resolution all the more significant in message and intent even as the US wielded veto power in isolation of its position in the world.
| | STATUS OF JERUSALEM:
VOTING HAS BEEN COMPLETED, PLEASE LOCK THE MACHINE |
How African countries performed or escaped from the whole shebang:
Of the 54 AU Member States at the UN, only Togo voted against the resolution with United States, Israel, Guatemala, Honduras, Marshal Islands, Micronesia, Nauru Island, Palau.
Abstention - Benin, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda.
No show - Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe, Swaziland, Zambia.
South Africa joined to sponsor the resolution on the floor.
| | | US WILL REMEMBER THIS DAY. REMEMBER WHEN SO MANY COUNTRIES COME CALLING....WE WILL REMEMBER THIS VOTE...HOW WE LOOK AT COUNTRIES WHO DISRESPECT US AT THE UN......WE EDUCATE AND FEED DESPERATE PEOPLE.....so says Ambassador Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the UN |
"On Thursday there'll be a vote criticizing our choice," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Twitter. "The U.S. will be taking names." Ahead of the vote, on Wednesday Dec. 20, 2017, US President Donald Trump threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favor of the U.N. draft resolution.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rebutted President Trump in these words: he "cannot buy Turkey's democratic will." "I hope and expect the United States won't get the result it expects from there (the UN General Assembly) and the world will give a very good lesson to the United States," Erdogan said during a speech in Ankara, as quoted by Reuters.
| | | Israel Envoy to the UN, Ambassador Danny Danon. |
In a fiery speech before the vote, Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, showed his colleagues and spectators an "original coin" from 67 AD that says in Hebrew "Freedom of Zion" as clear evidence, from the time of the second temple, to prove the ancient and unbreakable connection of the Jewish people to Jerusalem. He cited King David in the Bible.
Finally, the envoy called all the countries (129) that were to vote for the resolution "puppets pulled by the strings of Palestinian puppet masters" and "marionettes forced to dance."
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki speaks on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly on December 21, 2017 before the vote on the status of Jerusalem . A day before the vote, on Wednesday December 20, 2017, the Palestinian Foreign Minister responded to US threat of nations.
After the vote and cheers, Riyad H. Mansour (C), The Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations, and his delegation members celebrate the results of the vote on Jerusalem at the General Assembly hall, on December 21, 2017 All other 14 other UN Security council members, including close U.S. allies such as Japan and four European Union countries, backed the draft before it came to vote. Permanent and Non-Permanent Members The UN Security Council is composed of 15 Members:
Full Text: The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its relevant resolutions, including resolution A/RES/72/15 of 30 November 2017 on Jerusalem. Reaffirming the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, including resolutions 242 (1967), 252 (1968), 267 (1969), 298 (1971), 338 (1973), 446 (1979), 465 (1980), 476 (1980), 478 (1980), and 2334 (2016),
Guided by the purpose and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and reaffirming inter alia, the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force,
Bearing in mind the specific status of the Holy City of Jerusalem and, in particular, the need for the protection and preservation of the unique spiritual, religious and cultural dimensions of the City, as foreseen in the relevant United Nations resolutions,
Stressing that Jerusalem is a final status issue to be resolved through negotiations in line with relevant United Nations resolutions,
Expressing in this regard its deep regret at recent decisions concerning the status of Jerusalem,
Affirms that any decisions and actions which purport to have altered, the character, status or demographic composition of the Holy City of Jerusalem have no legal effect, are null and void and must be rescinded in compliance with relevant resolutions of the Security Council, and in this regard, calls upon all States to refrain from the establishment of diplomatic missions in the Holy City of Jerusalem, pursuant to resolution 478 (1980) of the Security Council;
Demands that all States comply with Security Council resolutions regarding the Holy City of Jerusalem, and not to recognize any actions or measures contrary to those resolutions;
Reiterates its call for the reversal of the negative trends on the ground that are imperiling the two-State solution and for the intensification and acceleration of international and regional efforts and support aimed at achieving, without delay, a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East on the basis of the relevant United Nations resolutions, the Madrid terms of reference, including the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative and the Quartet Roadmap and an end to the Israeli occupation that began in 1967;
Decides to adjourn the tenth emergency special session temporarily and to authorize the President of the General Assembly at its most recent session to resume its meeting upon request from Member States.
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