Australia Switches up UN Vote in Favour of Palestinian Sovereignty Over Resources

Published on November 15, 2024

The Albanese Labor government will vote in favour of a draft United Nations (U.N.) resolution to recognise the permanent sovereignty of Palestinians over the natural resources in disputed territories. The government’s support comes even after a spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said Australia did not agree with “everything in the resolution.” The Israeli delegate said the move to block its use of resources was biased and would end up favouring the terrorist group Hamas. Introduced by a representative of Uganda, the draft resolution calls for the “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.”...

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