The United Nations General Assembly adopted the "New York Declaration" on Friday, aimed at giving a new impetus to the two-state solution in the Palestinian conflict with the occupying entity, explicitly excluding Hamas.
The adoption of the declaration, which is considered the fruit of an international conference organized by Saudi Arabia and France, was approved by a sweeping majority of 142 votes in favor, while 10 countries voted against it, and 12 countries abstained from voting.
The countries that opposed the declaration and abstained from voting included the following: the United States | the occupying entity | Argentina | Hungary | Paraguay | Nauru | Micronesia | Palau | Papua New Guinea | Tonga.
As for the countries that abstained from voting, they included: the Czech Republic | Cameroon | the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Ecuador | Ethiopia | Albania | Fiji | Guatemala | Samoa | North Macedonia | Moldova | South Sudan.
The adoption of this text by the General Assembly comes 10 days before the summit to be chaired by Riyadh and Paris on September 22 at the United Nations, during which France and other Western countries pledged to recognize the State of Palestine.
The New York Declaration aims to give a new impetus to the two-state solution in the Palestinian conflict.
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10 countries reject the "New York Declaration" and 12 abstain from voting at the United Nations.