India voted in favour of a UN 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 West Asia.
The draft resolution 'Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine' tabled by Senegal was overwhelmingly adopted in the 193-member General Assembly on Tuesday.
India was one of the 157 nations which voted in favor, while eight Member States - Argentina, Hungary, Israel, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea and the United States voted against it.
Cameroon, Czechia, Ecuador, Georgia, Paraguay, Ukraine and Uruguay abstained.
The resolution, adopted as orally revised, reiterated its call for the "achievement, without delay, of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East (West Asia)" on the basis of the relevant United Nations resolutions and an end to the Israeli occupation that began in 1967, including of East Jerusalem.
The resolution called for the "withdrawal of Israel from the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem" and for the realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, primarily the right to self-determination and the right to their independent State.
Through the resolution, the General Assembly reiterated its continued commitment, consistent with international law, to the two-state solution of Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace and security within recognized borders, based on the pre-1967 borders.
It further requested 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, as rapidly as possible, to cease immediately all new settlement activities and to evacuate all settlers from the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and to put an end to its unlawful acts, including by repealing all legislation and measures creating or maintaining the unlawful situation."
It rejected any attempt at demographic or territorial change in the Gaza Strip, including any actions that reduce the territory of Gaza.
The resolution further stressed that the Gaza Strip constitutes an integral part of the Palestinian territory occupied in 1967, and "reaffirms the vision of the two-state solution, with the Gaza Strip as part of the Palestinian State."
It resolved the requirement of putting an end to immediately and in whole all acts of violence and military attacks, destructions and acts of terrorism and in addition to all acts of provocations and incitements.
India voted in favor of a resolution in the General Assembly which sought Israel's withdrawal from all of the occupied Syrian Golan to the line of June 1967 in the implementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions.
It adopted with 97 votes in favour, 64 abstentions and eight votes against it by Australia, Canada, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States among others.
It further expressed grave concern that Israel had failed to effect the withdrawal of its armed forces from occupied Syrian Golan which has been under occupation since 1967 in blatant disregard to the relevant resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly.
It underscored that all activities by Israel, especially in the construction of its settlements and other activities since 1967 in the occupied Syrian Golan, were illegal.
It stated that the decision of December 1981 by Israel to make its laws, jurisdiction and administration applicable to the occupied Syrian Golan is "null and void" and has no validity whatsoever and called upon Israel to rescind it.
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