The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly, Thursday, on five periodic resolutions on the Palestinian issue, related to refugees, settlements, Israeli practices, and others.

This was stated in a statement issued by the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates.

The statement stated that the most prominent of these resolutions was the resolution on supporting Palestine refugees, “which received the support of 168 countries, while only one country, the occupying country, voted against it, and 10 countries abstained from voting, including the United States, Uruguay, and Paraguay.”

It added that the resolution concerned with the operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) received “the support of 165 countries, the objection of 4 countries: the United States, Canada, Israel, and Micronesia, and the abstention of 6 countries: Cameroon, Guatemala, Kiribati, Palau, and Papua New Guinea And Vanuatu.”

The Foreign Ministry said that the resolution regarding Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem and the occupied Syrian Golan, “received the support of 149 countries and the objection of 6 countries: the United States, Canada, the occupying state, Hungary, Micronesia, and Nauru, and 19 countries abstained from voting.” ".

Its statement stated that “the decision regarding the properties of Palestinian refugees and the revenues coming from them received the support of 163 countries and the objection of 5 countries, namely the United States, Canada, the occupying state, Micronesia, and Nauru, while 9 countries abstained from voting.”

While the resolution regarding the work of the Special Committee concerned with investigating Israeli practices that affect the human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arab residents in the occupied territories received the support of 86 countries, and the objection of 12 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, the occupying state, Canada, the Czech Republic, and Hungary, Austria, Australia, and 75 countries abstained from voting.”

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry welcomed the adoption of the resolutions, and called on the countries that abstained from voting “to correct their positions and stand on the right path, which is the path of truth, justice, and solidarity with the Palestinian people.”

It stressed "the role of states in ending the suffering of the Palestinian people, and urgent action at this time to impose a cessation of Israeli aggression and a ceasefire."

It is noteworthy that these decisions are not binding, but they have symbolic importance, and are issued annually by the United Nations General Assembly, which has 193 members.