India voted in favor of a UN General Assembly resolution that demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and reiterated the demand for immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.
The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved resolutions demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and backing the UN agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has moved to ban.
The 193-member General Assembly voted Wednesday at the 10th emergency special session to adopt the draft resolution 'Demand for ceasefire in Gaza', introduced by Indonesia.
India was among the 158 nations that voted in favor of the resolution while nine member states, including Israel and the US, voted against it. Among the 13 nations that abstained were Albania and Ukraine.
It calls for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire, to be respected by all parties, and further reiterates its demand for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages."
It called for the parties to fully, unconditionally, and without delay implement all the provisions of the June 2024 Security Council resolution relating to an "immediate ceasefire, the release of hostages, the exchange of Palestinian prisoners, the return of the remains of hostages who have been killed, the return of Palestinian civilians to their homes and neighborhoods in all areas of Gaza, including in the north, and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza."
Resolution demanded immediate access by the civilian population in the Gaza Strip to basic services and humanitarian assistance indispensable to its survival, rejecting any effort to starve Palestinians.
This additional further required the facilitation of the full, rapid, safe, and unobstructed passage of humanitarian assistance at scale under the coordination of the United Nations, into and throughout Gaza and for delivery to all civilians there, including those civilians inside north Gaza who remain besieged, in need of immediate humanitarian relief.
It also called for all parties to comply with their international obligations toward those they detain, including releasing all persons arbitrarily detained.
It appealed to all parties to respect international law, particularly humanitarian international law, and notably in matters concerning the protection of civilians, especially women and children.
It reaffirmed its commitment to a two-state solution with the Gaza Strip as a constituent part of the Palestinian State where two democratic States, Palestine and Israel, lived side by side in peace within secure and recognised borders, in accordance with international law and relevant United Nations resolutions.
It rejected any attempt at demographic or territorial change in the Gaza Strip, including any actions that reduce the territory of the Gaza Strip, and stresses the importance of unifying the Gaza Strip with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority.
Last week, India voted in favor of a General Assembly resolution that called for the withdrawal of Israel from the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, and reiterated the call for achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East.
Overwhelming adoption of the draft resolution on peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine.
The 193 members gathered at the United Nations general assembly voted on the draft, Tuesday.
These 157 voted in favour. Eight member states-voting against were Argentina, Hungary, Israel, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and the United States voted against it. Cameroon abstained from voting. Czechia, Ecuador, Georgia, Paraguay, Ukraine and Uruguay also abstained.
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