142 back, 10 oppose French-Saudi roadmap for two-state solution at UN: What to know
The text initiated by France and Saudi Arabia for the implementation of the two-state-solution was adopted Friday by the United Nations General Assembly with a large majority.
The United Nations overwhelmingly adopted a French- and Saudi-backed declaration on Friday committing to taking "tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps” to advance the two-state solution and to end the Gaza war, just ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron’s expected Sept. 22 announcement recognizing a Palestinian state.
The resolution passed with 142 member states in favor and 10 against, while 12 countries abstained. Argentina, Hungary, Israel, Paraguay and the United States were among those voting against.
The declaration, titled “The New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution,” was drafted at a July 28 foreign ministers conference in New York convened by France and Saudi Arabia. It calls for “collective action to end the war in Gaza and to achieve a just, peaceful, and lasting settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the effective implementation of the two-state solution.”
Today, under the leadership of France and Saudi Arabia, 142 countries have adopted the New York Declaration on the implementation of the Two-State Solution.
Together, we are charting an irreversible path towards peace in the Middle East.… pic.twitter.com/74c5CrMKW1
