Wed 30-April-2025

UN resolution

Bahar lauds UN Jerusalem resolution calls for more pressure on US

First deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Ahmad Bahar on Friday called for the enforcement of the international resolutions supporting the Palestinian people's right to self-determination.

UN adopts Jerusalem resolution despite US threats

A total of 128 UN member states on Thursday voted in favor of a draft resolution that declared US President Trump's Jerusalem decision "null and void."

Trump warns UN members of voting against his decision on J’lem

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has sent a threatening letter to members of the UN General Assembly ahead of a vote on a draft resolution against the US recognition of Occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Hamas: U.S. vetoing of Jerusalem resolution another inflammatory move

Hamas has condemned in the strongest terms Washington's vetoing of a UN Security Council's resolution aimed at voiding U.S. President Donald Trump's move to recognize Jerusalem (al-Quds) as Israel's capital.

Rights groups urge UN to backtrack on partition resolution

Human rights NGOs urged on Wednesday the United Nations to reconsider its Resolution 181 passed some 70 years ago and which called for the partition of Palestine.

ECOSOC adopts resolution on Palestinian women

The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) last Wednesday adopted a draft resolution titled “Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women” in its 2017 session that was held at the UN headquarters in New York.

PLO executive committee goes to UNSC

The PLO executive committee decided to suspend the proposal of tabling the Israeli settlements with the International Criminal Court and opted instead to head to the UN Security Council according to Qais Abd al-Karim PLO executive committee member.

PFLP slams Congress for voting against the UN resolution on settlement

The PFLP said that the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly voting in favor of condemning the UN Security Council resolution critical of Israel’s settlement activity proves its unlimited support of Israel.

U.S. House of Representatives votes against UN settlement resolution

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution Thursday calling for the repeal of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements that the United States allowed to pass last month by abstaining from the vote.

Israel panic-stricken over new int’l anti-settlement move

Israel fears that the United States and France want to advance another pro-Palestine move before the Obama administration wraps up its term Haaretz reported Monday.