The UN General Assembly just passed a resolution: “Endorsement of the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution.” [PDF] It had 142 votes in favor, 10 against and 12 countries abstained.
CRAIG MOKHIBER, [email protected], @CraigMokhiber
Available for a limited number of interviews, Mokhiber is an international human rights lawyer and activist and a former senior United Nations human rights official.
He recently wrote the article “How the UN Could Act Today to Stop the Genocide in Palestine” which gives a detailed breakdown of the methods and threats to such action.
He said today: “The UNGA voted overwhelmingly today to ‘endorse’ the New York Declaration put forward by France and Saudi Arabia.
“Among its many problematic provisions, the Declaration supports a ‘stabilization force’ (with many bad elements as well), instead of a protection force as such.
“But the resolution adopted today does NOT mandate a stabilization force. It merely called for one to be proposed in the Security Council, where the U.S. will certainly veto it.
“The push therefore continues for an emergency special session of the UNGA under Uniting for Peace to adopt ‘further measures’ in association with the one year UNGA deadline last year. Those measures could still include: sanctions, military embargo, denial of Israel’s credentials, a tribunal, anti-apartheid mechanisms, and a protection force.
“It is an uphill climb. But as the genocide rages, let all delegations say yes or no to the call for protection (not normalization) under the glare of publicity (not in the shadows of Turtle Bay).”