From 2015 through 2023, the UN General Assembly has adopted 154 resolutions against Israel and 71 against other countries. For texts and voting sheets, see the UN Watch Database, which will be updated to include the 2024 UNGA resolutions after they are published by the UN in January 2025.
The UN Watch Database also documents that from 2006 through 2024, the UN Human Rights Council has adopted 108 resolutions against Israel, 45 against Syria, 15 against Iran, 10 against Russia, and 4 against Venezuela.
The 2024 UNGA Resolutions: 17 on Israel vs. 6 on Rest of World
In 2024, the UNGA is expected to adopt 17 resolutions on Israel and only six resolutions on the entire rest of the world, which include one resolution each on North Korea, Iran, Syria, Myanmar, Russia for its occupation of Crimea, and the United States for its embargo on Cuba, as detailed in the charts below.
We note that the chart below lists 17 resolutions on Israel. This includes the resolution titled Assistance to the Palestinian People, which is more balanced than the others, is adopted by consensus, and, therefore, is deemed non-condemnatory.
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| Resolution | Extracts | Analysis |
| “The occupied Syrian Golan” [A/C.4/79/L.15]
4th Committee Vote (Nov. 21, 2024)
Plenary Vote (Dec. 4, 2024)
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“Determines that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken or to be taken by Israel, the occupying Power, that purport to alter the character and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan are null and void…” | Ignores the existence of the Syrian Civil War and its security implications for Israel and the civilians of the Golan Heights. Also ignores Syria’s history of shelling Israeli communities, its leader’s calls for a “war of annihilation” against Israel, and Syria’s 1967 aggression that led to its loss of the territory. Also neglects Syria’s sponsorship of the enemies of the peace process, and its support for terrorism. Falsely claims that Israel is oppressing and imposing Israeli citizenship on the Arab population of the Golan Heights. |
| “Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan” [A/C.4/79/L.16]
4th Committee Vote (Nov. 21, 2024)
Plenary Vote (Dec. 4, 2024)
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“Reaffirms that the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan are illegal and an obstacle to peace and economic and social development…”
“Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 19 July 2024 by the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and from the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory…” |
Adopts Palestinian position on issues that Oslo Accords left to negotiations, such as settlements and borders. Israel is treated with disdain in comparison to praise and deference to governments in other country resolutions. Makes sweeping legal pronouncements on disputed matters, for example by accusing Israel of violating international law for ordering demolitions of illegally built structures in territory over which it has administrative control. Makes an immoral equivalence between Palestinian terror and violence and Israeli countermeasures. Specifically condemns incitement by “Israeli settlers,” but fails to expressly condemn widespread, official terrorist and antisemitic incitement by Palestinian officials, media and education. |
| “Assistance to Palestine refugees” [A/C.4/77/L.13]
4th Committee Vote (Nov. 21, 2024)
Plenary Vote (Dec. 4, 2024)
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“Expressing grave concern at the especially dire situation of the Palestine refugees under occupation, including with regard to their safety, well-being and socioeconomic living conditions…” | Resolution serves Arab states that seek to preserve Palestinians as pawns in political campaign to delegitimize Israel. Intent and effect of singling out Palestinian from all refugee claims in the world is to isolate and demonize Israel. Omits any reference to Lebanon’s discrimination against Palestinian refugees in that country or the Syrian Assad regime’s collective punishment of Palestinian refugees in that country and their treatment as second-class citizens. Redundant to three other resolutions adopted on same day (see in this chart) dealing with refugees and UNRWA. |
| “Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues” [A/C.4/79/L.14]
4th Committee Vote (Nov. 21, 2024)
Plenary Vote (Dec. 4, 2024)
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“Reaffirms that the Palestine refugees are entitled to their property and to the income derived therefrom, in conformity with the principles of equity and justice…” | One-sided resolution ignores claims of 900,000 Jewish refugees displaced from Arab lands. Repeats statements previously established for purpose of censuring Israel and is redundant to other resolutions. Prejudges negotiations. |
| “The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East” [A/C.1/79/L.2]
1st Committee Vote (Nov. 1, 2024)
Plenary Vote (Dec. 2, 2024)
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“Recalling that Israel remains the only State in the Middle East that has not yet become a party to the Treaty…” | Resolution singles out Israel while ignoring menacing actions of other states, including Iran’s illegal efforts to acquire nuclear weapons in defiance of Security Council and IAEA resolutions. Ignores overt and repeated threats against the existence of Israel by neighboring states in the region. |
| “Oil slick on Lebanese shores” [A/C.2/79/L.9]
2nd Committee Vote (Nov. 13, 2024)
Plenary Vote (Dec. 19, 2024)
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“Reiterates, for the nineteenth consecutive year, its deep concern about the adverse implications of the destruction by the Israeli Air Force of the oil storage tanks in the direct vicinity of the Lebanese Jiyeh electric power plant for the achievement of sustainable development in Lebanon…” | One-sided resolution completely ignores Hezbollah’s role in launching hostilities, firing 4,000 rockets and burning 500,000 trees in Northern Israel. Ignores Lebanon’s non-compliance with SC Resolutions on dismantling Hezbollah. Singles out Israel as only country to be censured under Sustainable Development agenda item. |
| “Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources” [A/C.2/ 79/L.40]
2nd Committee Vote (Nov. 13, 2024)
Plenary Vote (Dec. 19, 2024)
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“Expressing its grave concern also about the widespread destruction caused by Israel, the occupying Power, to vital infrastructure, including water pipelines, sewage networks and electricity networks, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory…” | One-sided resolution denies Israel’s right to self-defense by describing every preventative measure as conspiracy against Palestinian resources. Omits mention of Palestinian terrorism or any Palestinian obligation. Also omits Palestinian harm to natural resources, such as destruction of Gaza greenhouses delivered intact by Israel; Hamas’ commandeering of international aid money to fund the construction of terror tunnels rather than to rebuild destroyed infrastructure; environmental pollution caused by Palestinian tire burning; destruction of flora and fauna with arson balloons and kites; and refusal to develop their own water resources and deal with their own sewage as required by the Oslo Accords. |
| “The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination” [A/C.3/79/L.49]
3rd Committee Vote (Nov. 14, 2024)
Plenary Vote (Dec. 17, 2024)
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“Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 19 July 2024 by the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and from the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” | Redundantly asserts a principle that Israel has already recognized. Out of hundreds of self-determination claims worldwide, resolution singles out one: the claim against Israel. Omits Palestinian obligation under the Road Map to dismantle terrorist infrastructure before a state is to be created. The Committee already adopts a self-determination resolution for the whole world titled “Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination” while singling out Israel with this one resolution for Palestinian self-determination. |
| “Admission of new Members to the United Nations” [A/RES/ES-10/23]
Plenary vote (May 10, 2024)
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“Reaffirming its resolutions 43/176 of 15 December 1988 and 77/25 of “Calls for renewed and coordinated efforts by the international community |
In the context of upgrading Palestine’s status at the UN, the resolution blames the Israeli occupation and settlements for the lack of peace, while ignoring Palestinian rejectionism and terrorism. Even worse, this upgrade rewards Palestinian terrorism while Israel is still in the midst of a war against Hamas for its brutal October 7 attack on Israeli communities. It sends a message to the Palestinian leadership, to Hamas, and to Hamas’s sponsor the Islamic Republic of Iran, that terrorism against Israelis pays off. At the same time, it erodes Israel’s right to self-defense. |
| “Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory” [A/RES/ES-10/24]
Plenary vote (Sept. 18, 2024)
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“Demands that Israel brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which constitutes a wrongful act of a continuing character entailing its international responsibility, and do so no later than 12 months from the adoption of the present resolution…” “Demands that Israel comply without delay with all its legal obligations |
Reaffirms a biased and one-sided advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice which singled out Israel as a roadblock for peace and declared that “Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is unlawful.” This resolution also ignores Israel’s right to security and defense by demanding Israel remove its military forces from the areas of Gaza, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank. |
| “Support for the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East” [A/ES-10/L.32]
Plenary vote (Dec. 11, 2024)
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“Deplores the legislation adopted by the Israeli Knesset on 28 October “Deeply concerned also about attempts to discredit the Agency, as well as attempts to undermine and terminate its operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem…” “Underscores the imperative of reparations, in accordance with international law, for all losses, damage and destruction sustained by the Agency in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and calls upon the Secretary-General to undertake the necessary assessments to this end.” |
Repeats the false claim that UNRWA is irreplaceable while condemning Israeli legislation to limit the agency over its well-documented ties to terrorism. The resolution all but ignores these ties, noting that UNRWA fired nine employees involved in October 7 and praising UNRWA’s commitment to neutrality. The resolution omits any mention of Hamas tunnels and military infrastructure built under UNRWA facilities, the pattern of senior UNRWA educators like Fathi Al-Sharif in Lebanon and Suhail Al-Hindi in Gaza who simultaneously held leadership positions in Hamas, or the hateful content taught in UNRWA schools to impressionable Palestinian children who dream of invading Israel, killing Jews, and becoming martyrs. |
| “Demand for ceasefire in Gaza” [A/ES-10/L.33]
Plenary vote (Dec. 11, 2024)
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“Recalling the orders of provisional measures of the International Court of Justice in the case concerning the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip… given its determination that there is a real and imminent risk that irreparable prejudice will be caused to the rights found by the Court to be plausible, namely the right of the Palestinians in Gaza to be protected from acts of genocide… recalling also the advisory opinion rendered on 19 July 2024 by the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and from the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory…” “Demands an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire, to be |
Redundant to the failed and one-sided UN Security Council resolution S/2024/835 which demanded a permanent and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza that is not conditional on the release of the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas. The resolution also reaffirms the biased July 2024 anti-Israel ICJ advisory opinion demanding that Israel unilaterally withdraw from the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the previous ICJ provisional measures ordered against Israel in the case brought by South Africa falsely accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. Additionally, the resolution defends UNRWA, downplaying evidence of the agency’s ties to terrorism as mere attempts to “undermine the implementation of [UNRWA’s] mandate.” |
| “Assistance to the Palestinian people” [A/79/L.41]
Plenary vote (Dec. 9, 2024) Adopted by consensus
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“Aware that development is difficult under occupation and is best promoted in circumstances of peace and stability. Noting the great economic and social challenges facing the Palestinian people and their leadership…” | This resolution is more balanced when compared to the other anti-Israel texts. However, its references to the difficulty of occupation for Palestinians indirectly implicates Israel. No other occupied or disputed territory throughout the world receives an annual resolution of this type, making it uniquely critical of Israel. This resolution is typically passed by consensus, without a vote. |
| “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine” [A/79/L.23]
Plenary vote (Dec. 3rd, 2024)
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“Reaffirming the illegality of Israeli settlement activities and all other unilateral measures aimed at altering the demographic composition, character and status of the City of Jerusalem and of the Occupied Palestinian Territory as a whole, including the wall and its associated regime, and demanding their immediate cessation, and condemning any use of force against Palestinian civilians in violation of international law, notably children”
“Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply strictly with its obligations under international law, including as reflected in the advisory opinion of the International Court of 19 July 2024, including to bring an end to its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory…” |
Blames Israel only for lack of peace. Text is redundant to several other resolutions and serves no effect other than demonization. References to terror fail to name its perpetrators, whereas Israel is named and blamed throughout. |
| “The Syrian Golan” [A/79/L.19]
Plenary vote (Dec. 3rd, 2024)
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“Deeply concerned that Israel has not withdrawn from the Syrian Golan, which has been under occupation since 1967…” | Redundant to A/C.4/79/L.15 on “the Occupied Syrian Golan.” Oblivious to genocidal massacres taking place now in Syria and its security implications for Israel and the civilians of the Golan Heights. Ignores Syria’s history of shelling Israeli communities, its leader’s calls for a “war of annihilation” against Israel, and Syria’s 1967 aggression that led to its loss of the territory. Calls on Israel to negotiate with Syria and Lebanon while not making the same demand of those countries. |
| “Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat” [A/79/L.24]
Plenary vote (Dec. 3rd, 2024)
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“Further requests the Division to dedicate its activities in 2023 to the commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Nakba, including by organizing annual events and through the dissemination of relevant archives and testimonies…”
“Considers that, by providing substantive support to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People in the implementation of its mandate, the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat continues to make a constructive and positive contribution…” “Requests the Division… to organize international meetings and activities in support of the Committee’s mandate … to liaise and cooperate with civil society and parliamentarians, including through the Working Group of the Committee, to develop and expand the ‘Question of Palestine’ website…” |
The DPR serves the biased special committee and is dedicated to spreading anti-Israel propaganda the world over. Its 16-member staff is grossly disproportionate to the UN’s other four divisions which cover enormous geographical regions. The DPR’s work is counter-productive to the peace process and seeks to coordinate international boycotts against Israel instead of seeking bridges for peace. Excludes from its events any NGO that declines to swear fealty to its hardline politics. |
| “Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of Israel in relation to the presence and activities of the United Nations, other international organizations and third States” [A/79/L.28]Plenary vote (Dec. 19, 2024)
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“Welcoming the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 19 July 2024 on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and from the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”
“Expresses its appreciation for the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East…” “Decides… to request the International Court of Justice…to render an advisory opinion on…the obligations of Israel, as an occupying Power and a member of the United Nations, in relation to the presence and activities of the United Nations… including the unhindered provision of urgently needed supplies essential to the survival of the Palestinian civilian population as well as of basic services and humanitarian and development assistance throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory…” |
Expresses support for the terror-infested UNRWA and reaffirms a biased and one-sided advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice which ignores Israel’s right to security and singles out the Jewish State as a roadblock for peace, declaring that “Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is unlawful.” The resolution then singles out Israel for the humanitarian situation of Gaza and calls for another ICJ advisory opinion targeting the country. |
2024 UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON REST OF THE WORLD
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| “Resolution condemning the embargo imposed on Cuba by the United States” [A/79/L.6]
Main Sponsor: Cuba |
Plenary vote (Oct. 30, 2024)
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| “Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” [A/C.3/79/L.34]
Main Sponsor: Hungary |
3rd Committee Vote (Nov. 21, 2024)
Adopted by consensus Plenary Vote (Dec. 17, 2024) Adopted by consensus |
| “Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran” [A/C.3/79/L.41]
Main Sponsor: Canada |
3rd Committee Vote (Nov. 21, 2024):
Plenary Vote (Dec. 17, 2024)
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| “Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol” [A/C.3/79/L.44]
Main Sponsor: Ukraine |
3rd Committee Vote (Nov. 21, 2024):
Plenary Vote (Dec. 17, 2024)
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| “Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic” [A/C.3/79/L.45]
Main Sponsors: United States and Qatar |
3rd Committee Vote (Nov. 21, 2024):
Plenary Vote (Dec. 17, 2024)
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| “Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar” [A/C.3/79/L.46/Rev.1]
Main Sponsors: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the European Union |
3rd Committee Vote (Nov. 21, 2024)
Adopted by consensus Plenary Vote (Dec. 17, 2024) Adopted by consensus |
Compare UN resolutions on Israel vs. the rest of the world from the previous year here.
