United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/23

UN General Assembly
Resolution ES-10/23
  State of Palestine   In favour   Against   Abstentions   Non-Voting   Non member
Date10 May 2024
Meeting no.10th Emergency Special Session (continuation)
CodeA/ES-10/23 (Document)
SubjectAdmission of new Members to the United Nations
Voting summary
  • 143 voted for
  • 9 voted against
  • 25 abstained
  • 16 absent
ResultAdopted

United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/23 is a resolution of the tenth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly which upgrades Palestine's rights in the United Nations as an Observer State, without offering full membership. It urged the Security Council to give "favourable consideration" to Palestine's request. According to the resolution, the Palestinian mission will now have the right to sit in the General Assembly among other states in alphabetical order, rather than in its current observer seat at the back of the chamber. However, the resolution also makes plain that "the State of Palestine, in its capacity as an observer State, does not have the right to vote in the General Assembly or to put forward its candidature to United Nations organs".

The resolution passed with 143 countries voting in favour, 25 abstaining, 16 non-voting, and nine voting against. The nine countries that opposed the resolution were Argentina, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea and the United States.

Additional rights for the State of Palestine

The additional rights and privileges of afforded to the State of Palestine are as follows:

The State of Palestine will continue not to have the right to vote in the General Assembly or to put forward its candidature to United Nations organs.

Voting result

Agree (143)
70 countries co-sponsored the resolution
Abstention (25) Oppose (9)No vote (16)
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Australia 〇
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain ⁂
Bangladesh ⁂
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize ⁂
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia ⁂
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia ⁂
Comoros
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Cuba ⁂
Cyprus
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Denmark 〇
Djibouti ⁂
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Egypt ⁂
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia 〇
Ethiopia
France ★〇
Gabon
Gambia ⁂
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana ⁂
Haiti
Honduras
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan ★〇
Jordan ⁂
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait ⁂
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon ⁂
Lesotho
Libya ⁂
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malaysia ⁂
Maldives ⁂
Mali
Malta
Mauritania ⁂
Mauritius
Mexico
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco ⁂
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia ⁂
  Nepal
New Zealand 〇
Nicaragua ⁂
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman ⁂
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar ⁂
Republic of Korea 〇
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia ⁂
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⁂
San Marino
Saudi Arabia ⁂
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore 〇
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa ⁂
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan ⁂
Suriname
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Turkey
Uganda ⁂
United Arab Emirates ⁂
Tanzania
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen ⁂
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Albania
Austria
Bulgaria
Canada ★
Croatia
Fiji
Finland
Georgia
Germany ★
Italy ★
Latvia
Lithuania
Malawi
Marshall Islands Moldova
Monaco
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Paraguay
Romania
Sweden
 Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom ★
Vanuatu
Argentina ◆
Czech Republic ◆
Hungary ◆
Israel
Micronesia
Nauru
Palau
Papua New Guinea ◆
United States of America ★
Afghanistan
Cameroon
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ecuador
Eswatini
Kiribati
Liberia
Samoa
São Tomé and Príncipe
Solomon Islands
South Sudan
Togo
Tonga
Tuvalu
Venezuela ⁂
Observer: Holy See , State of Palestine ⁂

UNESCO Voting record

AgreeAbstentionOpposeNot Present to VoteIneligible to Vote
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Cabo Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Cuba
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
France
Gabon
Georgia
Ghana
Greece
Guyana
Haiti
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
North Korea
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Libya
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
  Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Qatar
Russian Federation
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Cameroon
Cook Islands
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Fiji
Finland
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Japan
South Korea
Latvia
Liberia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Mexico
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
New Zealand
North Macedonia
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Singapore
 Switzerland
Tonga
United Kingdom
Canada
Czechia
Guatemala
Honduras
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Solomon Islands
United States of America
Armenia
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Eswatini
Guinea-Bissau
Kiribati
Malawi
Maldives
Rwanda
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Timor-Leste
Turkmenistan
Venezuela
Benin
Cambodia
Grenada
Niue
Sierra Leone
Observer: Holy See , State of Palestine and Not a member: Israel, Liechtenstein

UNESCO World Heritage Committee vote on Jerusalem leg

Approved (11)Abstained (7)Opposed (1)Absent (1)
Approved (11)Abstained (6)Opposed (2)Absent (2)
Approved (4)Abstained (2)Opposed (3)Absent (1)

Reactions

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See also

References

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