Washington: Pakistan joined the vast majority at the UN General Assembly on Friday in support of a resolution that grants Palestinian states greater participation during the General Assembly 80th Session.
The resolution, with 145 votes in favor, against 5 and 6 votes, including the United States and Israel.
Four of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – Britain, China, France and Russia – support the resolution. Several U.S. allies including Germany, Belgium and Saudi Arabia also received a vote in favor.
The move comes after Washington decided to reject or revoke the decision of Palestinian authorities President Mahmoud Abbas and nearly 80 other senior officials from participating in the UNGA in New York. However, Palestine will be represented in the room by its UN ambassador.
Mahmoud Abbas, the authoritative president of Palestinian, resolves through video links; nearly a dozen states are expected to recognize Palestinian state next week
In response, UNGA voted to allow President Abbas to speak according to the video link.
To defend this decision, the U.S. State Department SARS: “Impose consequences and make the PLO and PA fail to comply with their commitments and impose consequences and assume responsibility in the prospect of peace.”
The Palestinian presidency has severely criticized the measure, saying it was “surprised by the visa ruling contradicting international law, especially the headquarters agreement between the United Nations and the United States, which prohibits prevention and prevention.
The resolution ensures “meaningful participation” of Palestine by allowing its president or high representative to make pre-recorded statements during general debates, high sessions and other UN sessions.
Saudi Arabia and France will be held on Monday from a co-chair meeting of the two-state solution of Israel and Palestine, which aims to make both sides peacefully exist with each other.
About 10 countries, including France, Australia, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Canada, are expected to formally recognize an independent Palestinian.
The countries said the moves were intended to put pressure on ending the devastating attacks on Gaza, reduce the establishment of new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, and question the peace process with the Palestinians.
However, the states that plan to acknowledge the Palestinian state have not said what the difference makes to their diplomatic representation.
French President Emmanuel Macron, the first leader of major Western powers Acknowledgement IdentificationThe move will be accompanied by a promise of reform by his father, which will improve Palestine governance and make it a more reliable partner for the post-war Gaza government.
Since his return to the White House, all eyes have been focused on U.S. President Donald Trump, who has slammed UN agencies as his foreign aid and humanitarian demand grows.
Israel’s major allies have long said it would recognize a Palestinian state, but only after the Palestinians agree to Israel’s “two-state solution.”
Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa will be an outstanding new member of the gathering, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Brazil’s Luz Inacio Lula Da Silva and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
On Wednesday, UN chief Antonio Guterres and Brazil’s Lula will organize a climate summit on Wednesday, with some states likely to announce new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, more than the Brazilian COP30 weeks before.
With the introduction of AFP
Published on September 20, 2025
