US faces collective defiance at UN over Jerusalem
UNITED NATIONS: When the UN General Assembly condemned the United States for its decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital international community against public threats against the United Nations and its member states by a politically unpredictable and predictably wavering US President.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mev of a country that has been a long that Donald Trump’s threat last week to cut off American aid to countries voting for the UN reso the General Assembly “would not bow to such bullying”.
“It is unethical. The votes and dignity of member states are not for sale– and it was unacceptable for a member state to threaten other member states. A vote in favor of the Palestinian people would place Member States on the
at the Council of Foreign Rela York Times as saying: “I think this clumsy diplomacy on the part of the United States.”
- bolizes the self-defeating notion
lost between Trump and the denounced as just another “social club” – a remark made more through sheer ignorance than a well- thought- out diplo- matic pronouncement.
- - ther by not only warning member states but also the United Nations itself. In an implicit threat said: “We will remember it (the are called upon once again to make the world’s largest contribution (22 percent of the regular budget) to the United Nations”.
128 in favor to 9 against (Guate -
The non-binding General As - pressed “deep regret” over recent decisions concerning the status the future of the Holy City “is a through negotiations in line with relevant UN resolutions” any actions intended to alter demographic composition.
Adopted at an emergency special session of the General Assem was a devastating attack against Trump’s recent unilateral decision to recognize the historically disputed city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and a pledge to relocate the US embassy from its current location in Tel Aviv—the only country to do so.
The 128 member states supporting the resolution included four of - nent member is the US.
- he will not tolerate “all of these nations that take our money and then vote against us in the Security Council and at the General Assembly. They take hundreds of millions of dollars and then they vote against us. Well we’re watching those votes.”
proved to be empty. Trump threatened to hold up aid to Pakistan if it did not cooperate more on US counter-terrorism efforts and also warned he will withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) if it did not increase its joint military spending.
US economic and military aid to American allies such as Af dollars annually—but all of these countries voted for the resolution.
One of the strongest denunciations came from Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi of Pakistan who told delegates that the unilateral actions of one country were set to undo decades of work by the international community and to defy international law.
She said Pakistan rejected the decision by the United States to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and relocate its embassy to the Holy City in contravention of several provisions of Security Council and General Assembly resolutions.
“Member States must recommit to thwarting any attempts to violate the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and the ulti- mate goal of a two State solution”.
it was a key pillar of Pakistan’s country had led and sponsored the Assembly’s first ever resolution on Jerusalem.
proud to join the international community once again in adopting a landmark draft resolution to reject the “revisionist” deci - clared Dr Lodhi.
said while the State of Palestine respected the sovereignty of all deny Palestinians their rights.
“We stand today united for jus veto will not stop us”. The State of Palestine would not accept any United Nations was today undergoing an unprecedented test “with Palestine as its headline”.
The General Assembly resolution followed a failed attempt by the 15-member Security Council reflecting regret about “recent decisions regarding the status of - member of the Security Council.
Both the General Assembly and the Security Council votes have underlined the increasing isolation of the Trump administration—amongst its Western allies and at the United Nations.