Arthur J. Villasanta – Fourth Estate Contributor
New York, NY, United States (4E) – The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to rebuke Donald Trump for his determination binding the United States to his plan to acknowledge the disputed metropolis of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
A non-binding vote noticed 129 UN members in a uncommon emergency session reject Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem on Dec. 6, and declares “null and void” Trump’s unilateral declaration. Only 9 international locations, together with the U.S. and Israel, voted in opposition to the decision to sentence “illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of occupied Palestinian territory.”
Voting with the U.S. had been Guatemala, Honduras, Togo and the Pacific island states of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Nauru and Palau.
Not one member of the European Union sided with Trump. Russia and China additionally voted for the decision condemning the U.S.
Canada, Mexico, Australia, Colombia and Poland (which was earlier anticipated to assist Trump) had been among the many 35 international locations that abstained from the vote. Twenty-one international locations had been absent when the vote was held.
The beautiful shaming of Trump, who apparently made the choice to please his dwindling base of conservative white Americans, got here after Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the UN, threatened to cut-off support to any nation that voted in opposition to the U.S.
“The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out in this assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation,” mentioned Haley.
“We will remember it when, once again, we are called up to make the world’s largest contribution to the U.N., and we will remember it when many countries come calling on us to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit.”
She mentioned the U.S. was “disrespected” by the vote however would switch its embassy to Jerusalem nonetheless.
On Dec. 18, the U.S. vetoed a Security Council decision in assist the measure to censure it. All the 13 different members of the Security Council voted to uphold the decision.
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