Assistance to Palestine refugees

Year

2024

UN Body

General Assembly

Session

79

Session Type

GA Regular

Symbol

A/RES/79/88

Agenda Item

49

Country Concerned

Israel

Condemnatory

Yes

Analysis

  • This resolution serves Arab states that seek to preserve Palestinians as pawns in their political campaign to delegitimize Israel. The intent and effect of singling out Palestinians from all other refugee groups in the world is to isolate and demonize Israel. The resolution omits any reference to Lebanon's discrimination against Palestinian refugees in their country or the Syrian Assad regime's collective punishment and treatment as second-class citizens of Palestinian refugees in their country. It is redundant to two other resolutions adopted on the same day dealing with refugees and UNRWA.

Main Sponsors

South Africa, Indonesia

Vote

Yes - 171, No - 3, Abstain - 9, Absent - 10

Key Praise

None

Key Criticism

  • "Expressing grave concern at the especially difficult situation of the Palestine refugees under occupation, including with regard to their safety, well-being and socioeconomic living conditions."
  • "Expressing grave concern in particular at the catastrophic humanitarian situation and socioeconomic conditions of the Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip, and underlining the importance of emergency and humanitarian assistance and urgent reconstruction efforts to urgently address this crisis."
  • "Notes with regret that repatriation or compensation of the refugees, as provided for in paragraph 11 of General Assembly resolution 194 (III), has not yet been effected, and that, therefore, the situation of the Palestine refugees continues to be a matter of grave concern and the Palestine refugees continue to require assistance to meet basic health, education and living needs."
  • "Affirms the necessity for the continuation of the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East..."

Full Vote

  • Yes171

    • Albania
    • Algeria
    • Andorra
    • Angola
    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • Armenia
    • Australia
    • Austria
    • Azerbaijan
    • Bahamas
    • Bahrain
    • Bangladesh
    • Barbados
    • Belarus
    • Belgium
    • Belize
    • Benin
    • Bhutan
    • Bolivia
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Brazil
    • Brunei
    • Bulgaria
    • Burkina Faso
    • Burundi
    • Cape Verde
    • Cambodia
    • Canada
    • Central African Republic
    • Chad
    • Chile
    • China
    • Colombia
    • Congo
    • Costa Rica
    • Ivory Coast
    • Croatia
    • Cuba
    • Cyprus
    • Czechia
    • North Korea
    • Democratic Republic of Congo
    • Denmark
    • Djibouti
    • Dominica
    • Dominican Republic
    • Ecuador
    • Egypt
    • El Salvador
    • Equatorial Guinea
    • Eritrea
    • Estonia
    • Ethiopia
    • Fiji
    • Finland
    • France
    • Gabon
    • Gambia
    • Georgia
    • Germany
    • Ghana
    • Greece
    • Guatemala
    • Guinea
    • Guinea Bissau
    • Guyana
    • Haiti
    • Honduras
    • Hungary
    • Iceland
    • India
    • Indonesia
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • Ireland
    • Italy
    • Jamaica
    • Japan
    • Jordan
    • Kazakhstan
    • Kenya
    • Kiribati
    • Kuwait
    • Kyrgyzstan
    • Laos
    • Latvia
    • Lebanon
    • Lesotho
    • Libya
    • Liechtenstein
    • Lithuania
    • Luxembourg
    • Malawi
    • Malaysia
    • Maldives
    • Mali
    • Malta
    • Marshall Islands
    • Mauritania
    • Mauritius
    • Mexico
    • Monaco
    • Mongolia
    • Montenegro
    • Morocco
    • Mozambique
    • Myanmar
    • Namibia
    • Nepal
    • Netherlands
    • New Zealand
    • Nicaragua
    • Niger
    • Nigeria
    • Norway
    • Oman
    • Pakistan
    • Peru
    • Philippines
    • Poland
    • Portugal
    • Qatar
    • South Korea
    • Moldova
    • Romania
    • Russia
    • Rwanda
    • St. Kitts and Nevis
    • St. Lucia
    • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
    • San Marino
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Senegal
    • Serbia
    • Seychelles
    • Sierra Leone
    • Singapore
    • Slovakia
    • Slovenia
    • Solomon Islands
    • Somalia
    • South Africa
    • Spain
    • Sri Lanka
    • Sudan
    • Suriname
    • Sweden
    • Switzerland
    • Syria
    • Tajikistan
    • Thailand
    • East Timor
    • Togo
    • Trinidad and Tobago
    • Tunisia
    • Turkmenistan
    • Tuvalu
    • Turkey
    • Uganda
    • Ukraine
    • United Arab Emirates
    • United Kingdom
    • Tanzania
    • Uruguay
    • Uzbekistan
    • Vanuatu
    • Vietnam
    • Yemen
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
  • No3

    • Argentina
    • Israel
    • Papua New Guinea
  • Abstain9

    • Cameroon
    • Liberia
    • Micronesia
    • Nauru
    • Palau
    • Panama
    • Paraguay
    • Tonga
    • United States
  • Absent10

    • Afghanistan
    • Botswana
    • Comoros
    • Eswatini
    • Grenada
    • Madagascar
    • Samoa
    • Sao Tome and Principe
    • South Sudan
    • Venezuela