The United Nations has also called for an international conference in June to restart diplomatic efforts for a two-state solution. It will be co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia.
The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday called for the establishment of a Palestinian state and demanded that Israel withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories.
According to the French news agency AFP, the United Nations has also called for an international conference in June to restart diplomatic efforts for a two-state solution.
In the resolution passed by 157 votes to eight, the UN Assembly expressed its “unwavering support for the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, in accordance with international law.” Eight countries, including the United States and Israel, voted against the resolution, while seven members abstained.
“Both states should live in peace and security within the recognized borders based on the pre-1967 lines,” the Assembly stated.
There are also calls for a high-level international meeting in New York in June 2025, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, to reinvigorate diplomatic efforts to make the two-state solution a reality.
The Assembly emphasized the “inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, principally the right to self-determination and their right to an independent state.”
The United Nations condemns Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, occupied East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip as illegal.
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Palestine’s representative to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, spoke during the 46th session of the General Assembly on Palestine at the United Nations headquarters in New York on December 3, 2024 (Kina Bettencourt/AFP).
Israel occupied the Gaza Strip in 1967 and maintained an army and settlements there until 2005. Although Israel later withdrew, it is still considered the occupying power there.
Citing recent decisions of the International Court of Justice, the General Assembly called on Israel to end “as soon as possible its illegal presence in the occupied Palestinian territory” and halt all new settlement activities.
Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour stated that the issue of Palestine has been on the United Nations’ agenda since its inception and remains the most important test of the organization’s credibility, authority, and its commitment to a system based on international law.
In 1947, a UN General Assembly resolution divided British-administered Palestine into two states—one Arab and one Jewish.