UN General Assembly approves Gaza ceasefire resolution: 14 countries supported Israel’s violent attack on Gaza Strip

A total of 120 countries voted in favor of the resolution, 14 countries voted against including Israel and the United States, while 45 others abstained.

Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian UN ambassador, called the General Assembly “more courageous, more principled” than the divided UN Security Council, which failed in four attempts during the past two weeks to reach an agreement on a resolution. Two were vetoed and two failed to get the minimum nine “yes” votes required for approval.

The 14 countries that voted against the resolution include Israel, its closest ally the United States, as well as Fiji, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Nauru, Paraguay, Guatemala, and four European countries – Austria, Croatia, Czechia, and Hungary, all European Union members. Eight EU members voted in favor.

The following countries abstained: Albania, Australia, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Iceland, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Latvia, Lithuania, Monaco, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Palau, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Republic of Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, South Sudan, Sweden, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Zambia.

Uzbekistan was among the 120 nations voting in favor of the resolution.