The United Nations General Assembly's Economic and Financial Committee overwhelmingly adopted the draft resolution with 151 member states voting in favor. The measure specifically recognizes the permanent sovereignty of both the Palestinian people and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources. A total of 11 countries opted to abstain, while only seven nations voted to reject the initiative.
Key points
The Group of 77 and China spearheaded the diplomatic push to recognize regional resource…: The Group of 77 and China spearheaded the diplomatic push to recognize regional resource sovereignty.
Global backing extends sovereign resource rights to both the Occupied Palestinian Territo…: Global backing extends sovereign resource rights to both the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the Syrian Golan.
A small minority of nations, alongside eleven abstentions, chose not to support the final…: A small minority of nations, alongside eleven abstentions, chose not to support the final committee text.
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UN committee votes for resolution on Palestinian sovereignty over natural resources
11 November 2026 22:55 GMT
The Second Committee, the United Nations General Assembly's Economic and Financial Committee, adopted a draft resolution establishing 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" on Wednesday, Wafa news reported.
The motion was put forward by the Group of 77 and China, and a total of 151 countries voted in favour of it, including all member states of the European Union and Canada
Just seven countries voted against it - the US, Israel, Colombia, Paraguay, Palau, Nauru, and Micronesia - and 11 countries abstained.
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