Palestinian Foreign Ministry welcomes UN resolutions on Palestine
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry welcomes the UN General Assembly’s adoption of two pro-Palestinian resolutions, Wafa news agency reports.
The UN adopted the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine resolution with 57 countries voting in favour, seven countries abstaining and eight countries voting against it. The ministry also welcomed the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat resolution with 101 countries voting in favour, 42 abstaining and 27 against.
The ministry said the adoption of the resolutions emphasised the need to end the Israeli occupation and to achieve the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
It added that the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine resolution pushes for an international peace conference, which will be chaired by Saudi Arabia and France in June and aims to implement UN resolutions on Palestine and a two-state solution to achieve a just peace.
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