UN calls for permanent ceasefire in Gaza: How did your country vote? , Israel-Palestine conflict news

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has voted for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

The resolution was approved by the 193-member assembly on Wednesday with 158 votes in favor, nine against and 13 abstentions.

Notably, it marked the first time that Germany and Italy voted in favor of a ceasefire in Gaza. As a result, the United States is the only country among the major industrialized countries of the Group of Seven (G7) that continues to oppose it.

General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding, but they carry political significance, representing global opinion on Israel’s war in Gaza.

Here are the details of how each country voted at the UNGA in New York City on Wednesday:

For (158):

A: Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan

B: Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi

C: Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus

D: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic

E: Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia

F: Finland, France

G: Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana

H:Honduras

I: Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy

J: Jamaica, Japan, Jordan

K:Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan

L: Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg

M: Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar

Answer: Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway

O: Oman

P: Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal

Question: Qatar

R: Republic of Korea (South Korea), Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Rwanda

South: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria

T: Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, East Timor, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turkey

U: Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan

V: Vanuatu, Vietnam

Y:Yemen

Z:Zimbabwe

Against (9):

Answer: Argentina

C: Czechia

H:Hungary

Me: Israel

N: Nauru

P:Papua New Guinea, Paraguay

T: Tonga

U:United States

Diet (13):

Answer: Albania

C: Cameroon

F: Fiji

G:Georgia

L:Lithuania

M: Malawi, Micronesia

P: Palau, Panama

S: Slovakia, South Sudan

T: Togo

U:Ukraine