Five resolutions in favor of the Palestinians were approved in the United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly passed 5 resolutions in favor of Palestinians against Jewish settlements, including aid to refugees, relief work and protection of refugees assets.
168 countries voted in favor of the resolution passed in the United Nations General Assembly in favor of helping Palestinian refugees, while 10 countries, including the United States, were absent from the voting process.
The United Nations Relief Agencys resolution on aid operations in Palestine was approved by 165 votes, while the resolution on the protection of Palestinian refugees assets was supported by 163 countries.
The resolution against Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories was approved by 149 votes, while the resolution investigating Israeli actions against the rights of Palestinians received 86 votes.
75 countries were absent in the voting process for the resolution regarding the investigation of Israeli actions against the rights of Palestinians, while 12 countries voted against the resolution.
Earlier, by resorting to Article 99 of the United Nations (UN) Charter, Secretary General Antonio Guterres wrote a letter to the Security Council demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.
In the letter written by Antonio Guterres to the Security Council, it was said that the Security Council should insist on a cease-fire in Gaza. The situation in Gaza is moving towards a point of no return. And it can have serious implications for world peace.
The Secretary General of the United Nations also wrote in his letter that there are fears of epidemics breaking out in Gaza and relief work becoming impossible, the Security Council should immediately focus on solving this serious problem.
It should be noted that Article 99 of the UN Charter empowers the UN Secretary General to bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter that threatens peace and security at the international level.
Before this, from 1 September 1959 to 31 August 1966, Article 99 was invoked by the UN Secretary-General only twice, once in 1960 on the situation in the Congo and the second time in 1961 on the situation in Tunisia. was done.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu insulted the use of Article 99 by the Secretary General of the United Nations on the extremely tense situation in Gaza and called the Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres a supporter of Hamas, while the Israeli representative to the United Nations Eli Cohen said that the tenure of the UN Secretary General is a threat to world peace.