{"id":125548,"date":"2017-11-20T17:35:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T17:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=125548"},"modified":"2020-07-22T00:56:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T04:56:38","slug":"third-committee-approves-draft-resolution-right-of-the-palestinian-people-to-self-determination-press-release-excerpts-gashc4223","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/third-committee-approves-draft-resolution-right-of-the-palestinian-people-to-self-determination-press-release-excerpts-gashc4223\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Committee Approves Draft Resolution “Right of the Palestinian People to Self-determination” – Press Release (Excerpts) (GA\/SHC\/4223)"},"content":{"rendered":"

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD COMMITTEE<\/strong>
\nSEVENTY-SECOND SESSION,\u00a050TH & 51ST MEETINGS (AM & PM)<\/strong>
\nGA\/SHC\/4223<\/strong>
\n20 NOVEMBER 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rights of Peoples to Self-Determination<\/u><\/p>\n

The Committee next took up a draft resolution titled \u201cThe right of the Palestinian people to self-determination\u201d (document A\/C.3\/72\/L.59*).<\/p>\n

The representative of\u00a0Israel<\/u>\u00a0said peace must be negotiated and not imposed. Only Israelis and Palestinians could make the difficult compromises needed to forge lasting peace. \u00a0The draft targeted Israel and encouraged Palestine to take unilateral steps rather than negotiate, she stressed, adding that the solution to the conflict did not lie in New York. \u00a0Calling for a recorded vote, she said she would vote against the draft.<\/p>\n

The Committee then approved the draft by a recorded vote of 169 in favour to 6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, the United States), with 6 abstentions (Cameroon, Honduras, Kiribati, South Sudan, Togo, Tonga).<\/p>\n

By its terms, the Assembly would reaffirm the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including the right to their independent State of Palestine.\u00a0 It would also urge all States and specialized United Nations agencies to continue to support and assist Palestinians in the early realization of their right to self-determination.<\/p>\n

The representative of\u00a0Argentina<\/u>, speaking in an explanation of vote, reaffirmed his country\u2019s recognition of Palestinians\u2019 right to self-determination. \u00a0Having voted in favour of the draft, he called for a free and independent Palestinian State.<\/p>\n

The representative of the\u00a0State of Palestine<\/u>, thanking States that had voted in favour of the draft, said such overwhelming support represented a reaffirmation of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. \u00a0That right was central to the conflict and drafts on the matter reflected the collective will to uphold international law. \u00a0She expressed hope that the draft\u2019s adoption would send a powerful message to Israel that its narrative of the situation was not accepted. \u00a0It was clear that Israel opposed peace and worked to make a two-State solution impossible. \u00a0Injustice had persisted for too long.\u00a0 The time had come to hold Israel accountable, she said, stressing that the international community had a duty to end the occupation.<\/p>\n

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD COMMITTEE SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION,\u00a050TH & 51ST MEETINGS (AM & PM) GA\/SHC\/4223 20 NOVEMBER 2017 fran\u00e7ais \/… Rights of Peoples to Self-Determination The Committee next took up a draft resolution titled \u201cThe right of the Palestinian people to self-determination\u201d (document A\/C.3\/72\/L.59*). The representative of\u00a0Israel\u00a0said peace must be negotiated and not imposed. Only Israelis and […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2433,1329],"document-source":[1365,1845,1897],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[6156,1821,2741],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542,6541],"class_list":["post-125548","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-french-text","document-category-press-release","document-source-general-assembly","document-source-general-assembly-third-committee-social-humanitarian-and-cultural","document-source-united-nations-department-of-public-information-dpi","document-subject-agenda-item","document-subject-self-determination","document-subject-statehood-related","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english","document-language-french"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/125548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/125548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=125548"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=125548"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=125548"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=125548"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=125548"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=125548"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=125548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}