UN Human Rights Council Overwhelmingly Votes in Favor of Pro-Palestine Resolution

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) overwhelmingly voted on Thursday in favor of a decision aimed toward guaranteeing accountability and reaching justice in Palestine, the Palestinian Ministry of International Affairs and Expatriates introduced in a press release.

The Palestinian Ministry welcomed the UNHRC Decision, thanking the member states that had voted in favor of the draft decision submitted by the State of Palestine, and including that the vote displays “the principled place of the member states on the significance of accountability of the Israeli colonial and apartheid regime”.

#HRC49 | Decision A/HRC/49/L.26 on the human rights state of affairs within the occupied #Palestinian territory, together with East Jerusalem, and the duty to make sure accountability and justice was ADOPTED.

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— UN Human Rights Council 📍 #HRC49 (@UN_HRC) March 31, 2022

In keeping with the assertion, 37 nations have voted in favor of the Decision, together with Arab and European nations, China and necessary nations in Africa and Asia, whereas seven nations have abstained, specifically Ukraine, the UK, Cameroon, the Marshall Islands, India, Nepal and Honduras. Malawi, Brazil, and the USA voted towards the decision.

The Ministry stated that “the worldwide consensus and the vote in favor of Palestine’s resolutions is a type of safety for the Palestinian individuals and preserving their rights, which might finally result in the dismantling of the Israeli apartheid regime.”

Vital decision to uphold the essential human rights of the Palestinian individuals and to carry Israel accountable for its violations! https://t.co/eMw3Tq9BfP#HRC49 #EndImpunity #Palestine

— Al-Haq الحق (@alhaq_org) April 1, 2022

The Ministry urged the worldwide group “to carry Israel and Israeli battle criminals to account,” and burdened that “the coverage of double requirements and selectivity in implementing the principles of worldwide regulation will undermine the rule-based worldwide order”.

(The Palestine Chronicle, MEMO, Social Media)